Electron Microscopy of Single-Stranded DNA: Circularity of DNA of Bacteriophage ϕX174

Freifelder, David and Kleinschmidt, Albrecth K. and Sinsheimer, Robert L. (1964) Electron Microscopy of Single-Stranded DNA: Circularity of DNA of Bacteriophage ϕX174. Science, 146 (3641). pp. 254-255. ISSN 0036-8075. doi:10.1126/science.146.3641.254. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechAUTHORS:20151211-113309842

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Abstract

The single-stranded DNA of coliphage ϕX174 has been examined with the electron microscope by a modification of the protein-monolayer-adsorption technique. The molecules were found to be circular with a total length of 1.77 ± 0.13 microns.

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© 1964 American Association for the Advancement of Science. 20 July 1964. Supported in part by grants from the Atomic Energy Commission and the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, by grant AI 01267 from the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, by grant CA 02245 from the National Cancer Institute, and by grant RG 6965 from the National Institutes of Health. We thank Susan G. Johnson who took the electron micrographs, and Katherine Le Blanc, Kristin Chung, and John Polacheck, who traced and measured lengths.

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Funding Agency	Grant Number
National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases	AI 01267
National Cancer Institute	CA 02245
NIH	RG 6965
Atomic Energy Commission	UNSPECIFIED
NASA	UNSPECIFIED

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3641

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10.1126/science.146.3641.254

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Electron Microscopy of Single-Stranded DNA: Circularity of DNA of Bacteriophage ϕX174 David Freifelder, Albrecht K. Kleinschmidt, and Robert L. Sinsheimer Science 9 October 1964: 146 (3641), 254-255. [DOI:10.1126/science.146.3641.254]

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