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Global chromosome positions are transmitted through mitosis in mammalian cells.

Daniel Gerlich, Joël Beaudouin, Bernd Kalbfuss, Nathalie Daigle, Roland Eils, Jan Ellenberg

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Article in Cell, 2003. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 137 papers.

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137 citing papers in PubMed.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors.

Daniel GerlichIntelligent Bioinformatics Systems, German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ), Im Neuenheimer Feld 580, 69120 Heidelberg, Germany.
Joël Beaudouin
Bernd Kalbfuss
Nathalie Daigle
Roland Eils
Jan Ellenberg

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No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

We investigated positioning of chromosomes during the cell cycle in live mammalian cells with a combined experimental and computational approach. By non-invasive labeling of chromosome subsets and tracking by 4D imaging, we could show that no global rearrangements occurred in interphase. Using the same assay, we also observed a striking order of chromosomes throughout mitosis. By contrast, our computer simulation based on stochastic movements of individual chromosomes predicted randomization of chromosome order in mitosis. In vivo, a quantitative assay for single chromosome positioning during mitosis revealed strong similarities between daughter and mother cells. These results demonstrate that global chromosome positions are heritable through the cell cycle in mammalian cells. Based on tracking of labeled chromosomes and centromeres during chromosome segregation and experimental perturbations of chromosomal order, we propose that chromosome specific timing of sister chromatid separation transmits chromosomal positions from one cell generation to the next.

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AnimalsBisbenzimidazoleCell NucleusCells, CulturedCentromereChromosomesComputer SimulationGreen Fluorescent ProteinsHistonesInterphaseKidneyLuminescent ProteinsMitosisModels, BiologicalRatsSensitivity and SpecificityBisbenzimidazoleGreen Fluorescent ProteinsHistonesLuminescent Proteins

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