Analysis of Replicating Mitochondrial DNA by In Organello Labeling and Two-Dimensional Agarose Gel Electrophoresis.
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Publication Date
2016Journal Title
Methods Mol Biol
ISSN
1064-3745
Publisher
Springer New York
Volume
1351
Pages
95-113
Language
eng
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Article
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Holt, I. J., Kazak, L., Reyes Tellez, A., & Wood, S. R. (2016). Analysis of Replicating Mitochondrial DNA by In Organello Labeling and Two-Dimensional Agarose Gel Electrophoresis.. Methods Mol Biol, 1351 95-113. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4939-3040-1_8
Abstract
Our understanding of the mechanisms of DNA replication in a broad range of organisms and viruses has benefited from the application of two-dimensional agarose gel electrophoresis (2D-AGE). The method resolves DNA molecules on the basis of size and shape and is technically straightforward. 2D-AGE sparked controversy in the field of mitochondria when it revealed replicating molecules with lengthy tracts of RNA, a phenomenon never before reported in nature. More recently, radioisotope labeling of the DNA in the mitochondria has been coupled with 2D-AGE. In its first application, this procedure helped to delineate the "bootlace mechanism of mitochondrial DNA replication," in which processed mitochondrial transcripts are hybridized to the lagging strand template at the replication fork as the leading DNA strand is synthesized. This chapter provides details of the method, how it has been applied to date and concludes with some potential future applications of the technique.
Keywords
Liver, Cell Line, Tumor, Hela Cells, Mitochondria, Animals, Humans, Rats, Neurodegenerative Diseases, DNA, Mitochondrial, Electrophoresis, Gel, Two-Dimensional, Staining and Labeling, DNA Replication, Mutation
Sponsorship
We thank Drs. Pohjoismäki and Jacobs for the EM image of the replicating mitochondrial DNA molecule, and the Medical Research Council for funding.
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External DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4939-3040-1_8
This record's URL: https://www.repository.cam.ac.uk/handle/1810/288262
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