Three-dimensional reconstruction of painted human interphase chromosomes: Active and inactive X chromosome territories have similar volumes but differ in shape and surface structure

Journal of Cell Biology

Volumn 135, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 1427-1440

  Eils, Roland ^a   Dietzel, Steffen ^a   Bertin, Etienne ^b   Schröck, Evelin ^a,d   Speicher, Michael R ^a   Ried, Thomas ^a,d   Robert Nicoud, Michel ^b   Cremer, Christoph ^a   Cremer, Thomas ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^b UNIV GRENOBLE ALPES   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^d NATIONAL HUMAN GENOME RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMNIOTIC FLUID CELL; ARTICLE; CHROMATIN STRUCTURE; CHROMOSOME PAINTING; CONFOCAL LASER MICROSCOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; X CHROMATIN; X CHROMOSOME;

AMNIOTIC FLUID; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, PAIR 7; DOSAGE COMPENSATION, GENETIC; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; INTERPHASE; PHOTOMICROGRAPHY; SEX CHROMATIN; X CHROMOSOME;

EID: 0030454586     PISSN: 00219525     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1083/jcb.135.6.1427     Document Type: Article

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