Abstract
The spontaneous interaction of homologous linear DNA fragments was studied with a model of purified PCR products by agarose gel electrophoresis. To interact, duplexes required not only homology of internal regions, but also complementary ends. Fragments differing in terminal sequences did not interact. The yield of Holliday junctions (HJ), the simplest product of DNA-DNA interaction, depended on dissociation of fragment ends. Compared with genomic fragments, those with low-melting AT ends interacted with each other more efficiently and those with high-melting GC ends, less efficiently. Incubation temperature affected the equilibrium HJ concentration in solution of homologous fragments. A conclusion was made that HJ formation is initiated by nucleation of dissociated duplex ends.
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