Activation of DNA primer for DNA polymerase as an ultrasensitive assay for a subgroup of enzymes with deoxyribonuclease activity

Autor: Gary J. Fischman, George P. Studzinski
Rok vydání: 1974
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Zdroj: Analytical Biochemistry. 58:449-458
ISSN: 0003-2697
DOI: 10.1016/0003-2697(74)90213-9
Popis: Pretreatment of native DNA with nucleases which hydrolyze phosphodiester bonds with liberation of 3′-hydroxyl terminal groups is known to increase the rate of incorporation of nucleotides into DNA by E. coli DNA polymerase I and similar enzymes. Concentration ranges and conditions for this reaction have been established which allow specific detection and quantitative assay of such nucleases. The method permits detection of as little as 0.1 pg of pancreatic deoxyribonuclease, is simple, and requires only commercially available components. It has been utilized to monitor purification of a nuclease from HeLa cell nuclei at concentrations which could not be detected by other methods.
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