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DNA combing reveals intrinsic temporal disorder in the replication of yeast chromosome VI.


ABSTRACT: It is generally believed that DNA replication in most eukaryotes proceeds according to a precise program in which there is a defined temporal order by which each chromosomal region is duplicated. However, the regularity of this program at the level of individual chromosomes, in terms of both the relative timing and the size of the DNA domain, has not been addressed. Here, the replication of chromosome VI from synchronized budding yeast was studied at a resolution of approximately 1 kb with DNA combing and fluorescence microscopy. Contrary to what would be expected from cells following a rigorous temporal program, no two molecules exhibited the same replication pattern. Moreover, a direct evaluation of the extent to which the replication of distant chromosomal segments was coordinated indicates that the overwhelming majority of these segments were replicated independently. Importantly, averaging the patterns of all the fibers examined recapitulates the ensemble-averaged patterns obtained from population studies of the replication of chromosome VI. Thus, rather than an absolutely defined temporal order of replication, replication timing appears to be essentially probabilistic within individual cells, exhibiting only temporal tendencies within extended domains.

SUBMITTER: Czajkowsky DM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC2151843 | biostudies-literature | 2008 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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DNA combing reveals intrinsic temporal disorder in the replication of yeast chromosome VI.

Czajkowsky Daniel M DM   Liu Jie J   Hamlin Joyce L JL   Shao Zhifeng Z  

Journal of molecular biology 20071023 1


It is generally believed that DNA replication in most eukaryotes proceeds according to a precise program in which there is a defined temporal order by which each chromosomal region is duplicated. However, the regularity of this program at the level of individual chromosomes, in terms of both the relative timing and the size of the DNA domain, has not been addressed. Here, the replication of chromosome VI from synchronized budding yeast was studied at a resolution of approximately 1 kb with DNA c  ...[more]

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