Nucleic Acids Research, 1974, Vol. 1, No. 11 1359-1370
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Isopyenic centrifugatian of sheared L-cell chromatin in metrizamide gradients
Department of Biochemistry, McMaster University Medical Centre Hamilton, Ontario, Canada L8S 4J9
Received June 26, 1974. Isopycnic gradient centrifugation of L-929 cell chromatin a 38% (W/V) metrizamide solution yields two distinct fractions. The fraction banding at a density of 1.24 gm/cm2(H chromatin) contains about 10% of the DNA present in the fraction banding at a density of 1.18 gm/cm2 (L chromatin). Both fractions contain the same proportions of satellite to main band DNA's. Some differences can be seen in the DNA: protein ratios and types of proteins present in the H and L chromatin fractions.