POSTDOCTORAL POSITION--MITOCHONDRIAL DNA--SEATTLE
A postdoctoral fellowship is available for two years beginning
immediately to study the structure and replication of chromosomal DNA
molecules within plant mitochondria. What is the nature of the
'blockage' at the ends of linear mtDNA molecules: is it due to a
bound topoisomerase or some other protein involved replication,
recombination or repair, or to an unusual DNA conformation?
The analytical techniques include DNA Moving Pictures, which produce
spectacular images of intact chromosomal DNA molecules as long as 100
megabases.
For background see:
DJ Oldenburg & AJ Bendich (1998) J Molec Biol 276:745-758
DJ Oldenburg & AJ Bendich (2001) J Molec Biol 310:549-562
Arnold Bendich
Dept. of Botany, Box 355325
Univ. of Washington
Seattle, WA 98195-5325
phone: 206-685-3801, FAX: 206-685-1728
email: bendich at u.washington.edu
