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These interpretations are based on a previous work with a yeast circular chromosome and on our analysis of E. coli chromosomal breakage after loss of restriction-modification genes [ 3 15 16 ] . In this work, we focus on the second DNA species - the huge linear forms in the area just below the well (Figure 1, marked by the bar).
Background breaks at any site in the region contribute to noise, therefore the background breakage at any given site is apparently less than one in 30,000.
Plastic netting on glass beakers, flasks and other glassware minimizes breakage and subsequent shattering of the glass.
Markers in different linkage groups were used to carry out maximum likelihood calculations to estimate breakage probabilities and distances between markers using another program RHMAXLIK.
Although chromatid breakage requires an endonuclease activity, the cutter, directed by a Cbs-binding activity, no Cbs-dependent "binder/cutter" activity has been detected in vitro . The cutter could be an activity of telomerase itself [ 39 43 ] . Telomerase of both Tetrahymena and Euplotes has a single-strand endonuclease activity [ 45 43 ] . It can trim potential primers back, so that the 3' terminus pairs with template RNA [ 46 ] . Thus, while it may serve a 3' editing function, the existence of a nuclease activity in potential proximity to the site of chromatid breakage is provocative, suggesting that telomerase provides the