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  • 1
    ISSN: 1617-4623
    Keywords: Homologous recombination ; Plasmid linear multimer ; Yeast mating-type switching ; Antigenic variation
    Source: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Topics: Biology
    Notes: Summary Gene conversion - apparently non-reciprocal transfer of sequence information between homologous DNA sequences - has been reported in various organisms. Frequent association of gene conversion with reciprocal exchange (crossing-over) of the flanking sequences in meiosis has formed the basis of the current view that gene conversion reflects events at the site of interaction during homologous recombination. In order to analyze mechanisms of gene conversion and homologous recombination in an Escherichia coli strain with an active RecF pathway (recBC sbcBC), we first established in cells of this strain a plasmid carrying two mutant neo genes, each deleted for a different gene segment, in inverted orientation. We then selected kanamycin-resistant plasmids that had reconstituted an intact neo + gene by homologous recombination. We found that all the neo + plasmids from these clones belonged to the gene-conversion type in the sense that they carried one neo + gene and retained one of the mutant neo genes. This apparent gene conversion was, however, only very rarely accompanied by apparent crossing-over of the flanking sequences. This is in contrast to the case in a rec + strain. or in a strain with an active RecE pathway (recBC sbcA). Our further analyses, especially comparisons with apparent gene conversion in the rec + strain, led us to propose a mechanism for this biased gene conversion. This “successive half crossing-over model” proposes that the elementary recombinational process is half crossing;-over in the sense that it generates only one recombinant DNA duplex molecule, and leaves one or two free end(s), out of two parental DNA duplexes. The resulting free end is, the model assumes, recombinogenic and frequently engages in a second round of half crossing-over with the recombinant duplex. The products resulting from such interaction involving two molecules of the plasmid would be classified as belonging to the gene-conversion type without crossing-over. We constructed a dimeric molecule that mimics the intermediate form hypothesized in this model and introduced it into cells. Biased gene conversion products were obtained in this reconstruction experiment. The half crossing-over mechanism can also explain formation of huge linear multimers of bacterial plasmids, the nature of transcribable recombination products in bacterial conjugation, chromosomal gene conversion not accompanied by flanking exchange (like that in yeast mating-type switching), and antigenic variation in microorganisms.
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  • 2
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    New York : Wiley-Blackwell
    Die Makromolekulare Chemie 175 (1974), S. 1139-1156 
    ISSN: 0025-116X
    Keywords: Chemistry ; Polymer and Materials Science
    Source: Wiley InterScience Backfile Collection 1832-2000
    Topics: Chemistry and Pharmacology , Physics
    Description / Table of Contents: Um die Grundzüge der Wachstumsreaktion bei der kationischen Polymerisation aufzuklären, wird eine Übersicht der Untersuchungen über die Wirkung einer β-Methylgruppe auf die Reaktivität von Vinyläthern und Styrolen gegeben. Obwohl die Elektronendichte an einem β-Kohlenstoff durch eine β-Methylsubstitution erniedrigt wird, erhöht sich die Reaktivität von Vinyläthern durch die β-Methylgruppe. Es wird daher angenommen, daß im Übergangszustand der Wachstumsreaktion von Vinyläthern eine wachsende Kette mit den π-Elektronen des α-Kohlenstoffs und des Äthersauerstoffs und zusätzlich noch mit dem β-Kohlenstoff in Wechselwirkung tritt. Es ist berichtet worden, daß im unpolaren Lösungsmittel cis-Propenyläther mehrfach so reaktiv sind wie trans-Propenyläther. In einem polaren Lösungsmittel weisen jedoch cis- und trans-Propenyläther fast die gleiche Reaktivität auf, und bei Isopropyl- und tert-Butylpropenyläther, die eine große Alkoxylgruppe besitzen, zeigt sich, daß das trans-Isomere reaktiver ist als das cis-Isomere. Diese Erscheinungen lassen sich mit dem Modell des Übergangszustands, wie oben vorgeschlagen, erklären.
    Notes: To elucidate the feature of the propagation reaction in cationic polymerization, the studies on the effect of a β-methyl group on the reactivity of vinyl ethers and styrenes are summarized. Although the electron density on a β-carbon is decreased by β-methyl substitution, the β-methyl group increases the reactivity of vinyl ethers. Therefore, in the transition state of the propagation reaction of vinyl ethers, it is estimated that a propagating chain interacts with π-electrons of the α-carbon and ethereal oxygen in addition to the β-carbon. Cis-propenyl ethers have been reported to be several times as reactive as trans-propenyl ethers in a non-polar solvent. However, in a polar solvent, cis- and trans-propenyl ethers show nearly the same reactivity, and with isopropyl and tert-butyl propenyl ethers having a bulky alkoxyl group, the trans-isomer is found to be more reactive than the cis-isomer. These phenomena are interpreted by the transition state model proposed above.
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  • 3
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    Electronic Resource
    New York : Wiley-Blackwell
    Die Makromolekulare Chemie 175 (1974), S. 3603-3603 
    ISSN: 0025-116X
    Keywords: Chemistry ; Polymer and Materials Science
    Source: Wiley InterScience Backfile Collection 1832-2000
    Topics: Chemistry and Pharmacology , Physics
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