D. Dimitrova et al., ISOLATION AND CLONING OF PUTATIVE MOUSE DNA-REPLICATION INITIATION SITES - BINDING TO NUCLEAR-PROTEIN FACTORS, Nucleic acids research, 21(24), 1993, pp. 5554-5560
By using an original two-step technique (trioxsalen crosslinking/immun
oprecipitation) we were able to isolate in a single-stranded form a fr
action of mouse DNA enriched in putative Replication Initiation Sequen
ces (RIS). The isolated and purified single-strand fragments were made
double-stranded in vitro and were cloned in pUC12 to prepare a confin
ed RIS library. 30 randomly selected RIS inserts were subjected to gel
mobility shift assay using nuclear extracts either from dividing, or
from quiescent mouse cells. Twelve out of the 30 RIS fragments showed
specific binding to proteins present in nuclear extract from dividing
cells, while none were retarded by extracts from quiescent cells. RIS1
2, RIS18 and RIS30 were sequenced and it was found that they were A T rich and contained different regulatory elements. By using a two ste
p procedure (Heparin - sepharose chromatography/DNA affinity chromatog
raphy) we isolated the protein factor that specifically binds to RIS12
. It appeared as a double band with apparent molecular masses of 63 an
d 65 kD.