Stable morphology, but dynamic internal reorganisation, of interphase human chromosomes in living cells

PLoS ONE

Volumn 5, Issue 7, 2010, Pages

  Müller, Iris ^a   Boyle, Shelagh ^b   Singer, Robert H ^c   Bickmore, Wendy A ^b   Chubb, Jonathan R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^c ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; DNA TOPOISOMERASE (ATP HYDROLYSING); GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; HISTONE H2AX; HISTONE H3; HYBRID PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; CELL CYCLE G1 PHASE; CHROMATIN; CHROMATIN ASSEMBLY AND DISASSEMBLY; CHROMOSOME 11Q; CHROMOSOME CONDENSATION; CHROMOSOME DECONDENSATION; CHROMOSOME STRUCTURE; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEACETYLATION; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN CHROMOSOME; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; INTERPHASE; MITOSIS; PHOTOACTIVATION; PHOTOAFFINITY LABELING; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; SISTER CHROMATID; WESTERN BLOTTING; CELL LINE; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; GENETICS; METABOLISM;

BLOTTING, WESTERN; CELL LINE; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; HUMANS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION, FLUORESCENCE; INTERPHASE;

EID: 77955393744     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0011560     Document Type: Article

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