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Figure 1. An interphase nucleus (left) and a set of mitotic chromosomes (right) from human tissue culture cells. Bar, 10 μm. Condensins are large protein complexes that play a central role in chromosome assembly and segregation during mitosis and meiosis (Figure 1).
English: Scanning electron microscopy reveals that sister-chromatid pairs first condense into single rod-like structures during prophase. As mitosis proceeds, chromatid arms are gradually resolved and become almost completely distinct by the end of metaphase. Kindly provided by Adrian T. Sumner. From Sumner, A.T.: Chromosoma 1991, 100:410–418 ...
Condensation of long double-helical DNAs is a sharp phase transition, which takes place within a narrow interval of condensing agent concentrations.[ref] Since the double helices come very closely to each other in the condensed phase, this leads to the restructuring of water molecules, which gives rise to the so-called hydration forces.[ref] To ...
During mitosis, the chromosomes, which have already duplicated during interphase, condense and attach to spindle fibers that pull one copy of each chromosome to opposite sides of the cell. [4] The result is two genetically identical daughter nuclei. The rest of the cell may then continue to divide by cytokinesis to produce two daughter cells. [5]
Metaphase (from Ancient Greek μετα- beyond, above, transcending and from Ancient Greek φάσις (phásis) 'appearance') is a stage of mitosis in the eukaryotic cell cycle in which chromosomes are at their second-most condensed and coiled stage (they are at their most condensed in anaphase). [1]
Various DNA stains are used to treat cells such that condensing chromosomes can be visualized as the move through prophase. [4] The giemsa G-banding technique is commonly used to identify mammalian chromosomes, but utilizing the technology on plant cells was originally difficult due to the high degree of chromosome compaction in plant cells.
Higher-level DNA supercoiling of the 30 nm fiber produces the metaphase chromosome (during mitosis and meiosis). Many organisms, however, do not follow this organization scheme. For example, spermatozoa and avian red blood cells have more tightly packed chromatin than most eukaryotic cells, and trypanosomatid protozoa do not condense their ...
The appearance of a prematurely condensed chromosome depends on the stage that the interphase cell was in. [1] Chromosomes that are condensed during the G 1 phase are usually long and have a single strand, while chromosomes condensed during the S phase appear crushed. Condensation during the G 2 phase yields long chromosomes with two chromatids.