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- Title
Stabilization of macromolecular chromatin complexes in mitotic chromosomes by light irradiation in the presence of ethidium bromide
- Authors
Sheval, Eugene V.; Kireev, Igor I.; Polyakov, Vladimir Yu.
- Abstract
Abstract: A method was developed for stabilizing mitotic chromosomes. Light irradiation of permeabilized cells in a low concentration of ethidium bromide made chromatin resistant to high salt concentrations and decondensing buffer. This resistance was abolished by proteinase treatment, but not by DNase or RNase treatment. In photostabilized and extracted chromosomes, chromatin appeared as thick fibers with discrete high electron density regions. These stabilized structures might correspond to the higher-level structures (chromonemata) observed in native chromatin. Moreover, the electron density was higher in the centromeric regions than the chromosome arm material. Thus, the method allows chromatin substructures (chromonemata and centromeric heterochromatin) to be stabilized inside mitotic chromosomes.
- Subjects
CHROMOSOMES; CELL nuclei; CHROMATIN; LINEAR algebra
- Publication
Cell Biology International, 2004, Vol 28, Issue 12, p835
- ISSN
1065-6995
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1016/j.cellbi.2004.07.013