Elasticity measurements show the existence of thin rigid cores inside mitotic chromosomes

Journal of Cell Biology

Volumn 145, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 215-223

  Houchmandzadeh, Bahram ^a,c   Dimitrov, Stefan ^b  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b INSTITUT ALBERT BONNIOT   (France)

^c Laboratoire de Spectrometrie Physique   (France)

Author keywords

Elasticity; Flexural rigidity; In vitro assembled chromosomes; Mitotic chromosome structure

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CHROMOSOME ANALYSIS; CHROMOSOME CONDENSATION; CHROMOSOME SIZE; CHROMOSOME STRUCTURE; ELASTICITY; MITOSIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; XENOPUS; YOUNG MODULUS;

ANIMALS; CELL NUCLEUS; CHROMOSOMES; ELASTICITY; FEMALE; MALE; MITOSIS; OVUM; SPERM-OVUM INTERACTIONS; SPERMATOZOA; XENOPUS;

AMPHIBIA; REPTILIA;

EID: 0345034619     PISSN: 00219525     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1083/jcb.145.2.215     Document Type: Article

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