ChromEMT: Visualizing 3D chromatin structure and compaction in interphase and mitotic cells

Science

Volumn 357, Issue 6349, 2017, Pages

  Ou, Horng D ^a   Phan, Sébastien ^b   Deerinck, Thomas J ^b   Thor, Andrea ^b   Ellisman, Mark H ^b,c   O’Shea, Clodagh C ^a  

^a SALK INSTITUTE FOR BIOLOGICAL STUDIES   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIAMINOBENZIDINE; FLUORESCENT DYE; OSMIUM; POLYMER; 1,5-BIS((2-(METHYLAMINO)ETHYL)AMINO)-4,8-DIHYDROXYANTHRACENE-9,10-DIONE; ANTHRAQUINONE DERIVATIVE; DNA;

CELLS AND CELL COMPONENTS; CHROMOSOME; DNA; DYE; GENOME; NUMERICAL MODEL; POLYMER; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL DENSITY; CELL NUCLEUS; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; CHROMATIN STRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA BINDING; ELECTRON TOMOGRAPHY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INTERPHASE; MITOSIS; MOLECULAR SIZE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOSOME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; CHEMISTRY; CHROMATIN; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; PROCEDURES; STAINING; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

3,3'-DIAMINOBENZIDINE; ANTHRAQUINONES; CELL NUCLEUS; CHROMATIN; DNA; FLUORESCENT DYES; HUMANS; INTERPHASE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; MITOSIS; NUCLEOSOMES; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; STAINING AND LABELING;

EID: 85026314548     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: 10959203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.aag0025     Document Type: Article

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