Centromeric locations in karyotypes: A rule derived from the theory of branched polymers

Journal of Theoretical Biology

Volumn 181, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 293-298

  Ostashevsky, Joseph Y ^a  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

POLYMER;

ARTICLE; CELL CYCLE G1 PHASE; CELL CYCLE G2 PHASE; CENTROMERE; CEREAL; CHROMOSOME STRUCTURE; DEER; HUMAN; KARYOTYPE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; YEAST;

EID: 0030573670     PISSN: 00225193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jtbi.1996.0131     Document Type: Article

References (37)

1. AHN, S. & TANKSLEY, S. D. (1993) Comparative linkage maps of the rice and maize genomes. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 90, 7980-7984.
2. BENNETT, S. T., KENTON, A. Y. & BENNETT, M. D. (1992) Genomic in situ hybridization reveals the allopolyploid nature of Mulium montianum (Gramineae). Chromosoma 101 420-424.
3. BEUKEBOOM, L. W. (1994) Bewildering Bs: an impression of the 1st B-Chromosome Conference. Heredity 73, 328-336.
4. BRINKLEY, B. R., VALDIVIA, M. M., TOUSSON, A. & BRENNER, S. L. (1984) Compound kinetochores of the Indian muntjac. Chromosoma 91, 1-11.
5. BRINKLEY, B. R., BRENNER, S. L., HALL, J. M., TOUSSON, A., BALCZON, R. D. & VALDIVIA, M. M. (1986) Arrangement of kinetochores in mouse cells during meiosis and spermiogenesis. Chromosoma 94, 309-317.
6. CREMER, T., KURZ, A., ZIRBEL, R., DIETZEL, S., RINKE, B., SCHROCK, E. et al. (1993) Role of chromosome territories in the functional compartmentalization of the cell nucleus. Cold Spring Harbor Symp. Quant. Biol. 58, 777-792.
7. DAWE, R. K., SEDAT, J. W., AGARD, D. A. & CANDE, W. Z. (1994) Meiotic chromosome pairing in maize is associated with a novel chromatin organization. Cell 76, 901-912.
8. DOUGLAS, J. F., ROOVERS, J. & FREED, K. F. (1990) Characterization of branched architecture through universal ratios of polymer solution properties. Macromol. 23, 4168-4180.
9. DOUZOU, P. (1994) Osmotic regulation of gene action. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 91, 1657-1661.
10. FLORY, P. J. (1953) Principles of Polymer Chemistry. Ithaca: Cornell University Press.
11. FRIEBE, B., TULEEN, N., JIANG, J. & GILL, B. S. (1993) Standard karyotype of Triticum longissimum and its cytogenetic relationship with T. aestivum. Genome 36, 731-742.
12. GRAPHODATSKY, A. S., BEKLEMISHEVA, V. R. & DOLF, G. (1995) High-resolution GTG-banding patterns of dog and silver fox chromosomes: description and comparative analysis. Cytogenet. Cell. Genet. 69, 226-231.
13. GUSTAVSSON, I. (1988) Standard karyotype of the domestic pig. Hereditas 109, 151-157.
14. HAAF, T. & SCHIMID, M. (1991) Chromosome topology in mammalian interphase nuclei. Exp. Cell Res. 192, 325-332.
15. HSU, T. C., COOPER, J. E. K., MACE, M. L. & BRINKLEY, B. R. (1971) Arrangement of centromeres in mouse cells. Chromosome 34, 73-87.
16. IANNUZZI, L., DI MEO, G. P., PERUCATTI, A. & FERRARA, L. (1990) The high resolution G- and R-banding pattern in chromosomes of river buffalo (Bubalus bubalis L.). Hereditas 112, 209-215.
17. IANNUZZI, L., DI MEO, G. P. & PERUCATTI, A. (1994) An improved characterization of goat chromosomes by means of G- and R-band comparison. Hereditas 120, 245-251.
18. JONES, R. N. & REES, H. (1982) B Chromosomes. Academic Press, London.
19. MATEJKA, M., CRIBIU, E. P. & POPESCU, C. P. (1988) Diagrammatic representation of RBA-banded karyotype of Domestic sheep (Ovis aries). J. Heredity 79, 71-74.
20. MORTON, N. E. (1991) Parameters of human genome. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 88, 7474-7477.
21. O'BRIEN, S. J. (Ed). (1993) Genetic Maps, 6th edn, New York: Cold Spring Harbor University Press.
22. OSTASHEVSKY, J. Y. & LANGE, C. S. (1994) The 30 nm chromatin fiber as a flexible polymer. J. Biomol. Struct. & Dyn. 11, 813-820.
23. RICHER, C. L., POWER, M. M., KLUNDER, L. R., MCFEELY, R. A. & KENT, M. G. (1990) Standard karyotype of the domestic horse (Equus caballus). Hereditas 112, 289-293.
24. RONNE, M., GYLDENHOLM, A. O. & STORM, C. O. (1993) The RBG-banded karyotype of Equus caballus at the 525-band stage. Hereditas 118, 195-199.
25. ROTI ROTI, J. L., WRIGHT, W. D. & TAYLOR, Y. C. (1993) DNA loop structure and radiation response. In: Advances in Radiation Biology (Lett, J. T. & Sinclair, W. K. eds) v. 17, pp. 227-259. New York: Academic Press.
26. SACHS, R. K., VAN DEN ENGH, G., TRASK, B. J., YOKOTA, H. & HEARST, J. (1995) A random-walk/giant-loop model for interphase chromosomes. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 92, 2710-2714.
27. SMITH, T. F., GRUNWALD, M., ARTWICH, R. & HULL, H. Z. (1975) A simple statistical analysis of Indian muntjac Giemsa band patterns. Cytogenet. Cell. Genet. 15, 153-165.
28. SUNKEL, C. E. & COELHO, P. A. (1995) The elusive centromere: sequence divergence and functional conservation. Curr. Opin. Gen. & Devel. 5, 756-767.
29. VELLELEY, E. M. A., HARRISON, C. J., COOK, Y., FERGUSON, M. W. J. & SHARPE, P. T. (1994) The karyotype of Alligator mississippiensis, and chromosomal mapping of the ZFY/X homologue, Zfc. Chromasoma 103, 502-507.
30. VAN DEN ENGH, G., SACHS, R. & TRASK, B. J. (1992) Estimating genomic distance from DNA sequence location in cell nuclei by a random walk model. Science 257, 1410-1412.
31. WANSINK, D. G., VAN DRIEL, R. & DE JONG, L. (1994) Organisation of (pre-) mRNA metabolism in the cell nucleus. Mol. Biol. Rep. 20, 45-55.
32. WEINBERG, J., STRANYON, R., JAUCH, A. & CREMER, T. (1992) Homologies in human and Macaca fuscata chromosomes revealed by in situ suppression hybridization with human chromosome specific DNA libraries. Chromosoma 101, 265-270.
33. YAMAKAWA, H. (1971) Modern Theory of Polymer Solutions. New York: Harper & Row.
34. YANG, F., CARTER, N. P., SHI, L. & FERGUSON-SMITH, M. A. (1995) A comparative study of karyotypes of muntjacs by chromosome painting. Chromosoma 103, 642-652.
35. YOKOTO, H., VAN DEN ENGH, G., HEARST, J. E., SACHS, R. K. & TRASK, B. J. (1995). Evidence for the organization of chromatin in megabase pair-size loops arranged along a random walk path in the human G0/G1 interphase nucleus. J. Cell. Biol. 130, 1239-1249.
36. YUNIS, J. J. & PRAKASH, O. (1982) The origin of man: A pictorial legacy. Science 215, 1525-1530.
37. ZIRBEL, R. M., MATHIEU, U. R., KURZ, A., CREMER, T. & LICHTER, P. (1993) Evidence for a nuclear compartment of transcription and splicing located at chromosome domain boundaries. Chromosome Res. 1, 93-106.