Open AccessThe Absence of Histone in the Bacterium Escherichia coli
Author(s) -
M. H. F. Wilkins,
Geoffrey Zubay
Publication year - 1959
Publication title -
the journal of cell biology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 5.414
H-Index - 380
eISSN - 1540-8140
pISSN - 0021-9525
DOI - 10.1083/jcb.5.1.55
Subject(s) - biology , escherichia coli , nucleoprotein , dna , histone , bacteria , biochemistry , escherichia , escherichia coli proteins , microbiology and biotechnology , genetics , gene
X-ray diffraction photographs of a nucleoprotein preparation from Escherichia coli show the A-type pattern of crystalline deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA). This suggests that a large part of the DNA is free from protein. In higher organisms DNA does not exist in this form but is closely bound to protein.
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