title: DNA analysis of insect iridescent virus 6: evidence for circular permutation and terminal redundancy.
abstract: DNA analysis of small insect iridovirus 6 was performed. Combined exonuclease-restriction endonuclease digestions revealed that all resulting fragments were degraded without preference for any one DNA fragment. Upon denaturation and reannealing of native linear Chilo iridescent virus DNA (158 x 10(6) daltons), duplex DNA circles of a smaller size (140 x 10(6) daltons) with protruding tails were formed.
authors.affiliation: European Molecular Biology Laboratory, Heidelberg, Federal Republic of Germany.
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Delius
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Darai
authors.forename: R M
authors.initials: RM
authors.lastname: Flügel