Intranuclear DNA density affects chromosome condensation in metazoans

Molecular Biology of the Cell

Volumn 24, Issue 15, 2013, Pages 2442-2453

  Hara, Yuki ^a,b,d   Iwabuchi, Mari ^c   Ohsumi, Keita ^c   Kimura, Akatsuki ^a,b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF GENETICS   (Japan)

^b GRADUATE UNIVERSITY FOR ADVANCED STUDIES   (Japan)

^c NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d EUROPEAN MOLECULAR BIOLOGY LABORATORY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CELL FREE SYSTEM; CELL NUCLEUS MEMBRANE; CHROMOSOME CONDENSATION; CHROMOSOME NUMBER; CHROMOSOME SIZE; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; DNA CONTENT; DNA REPLICATION; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; HAPLOIDY; INTERPHASE; INTRANUCLEAR SPACE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR SIZE; POLYPLOIDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

EID: 84881081887     PISSN: 10591524     EISSN: 19394586     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1091/mbc.E13-01-0043     Document Type: Article

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