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ArticleChromosome research : an international journal on the molecular, supramolecular and evolutionary aspects of chromosome biology2003

Analysis by atomic force microscopy of morphological changes in barley chromosomes during FISH treatment.

Motoharu Shichiri, Daisuke Fukushi, Shigeru Sugiyama, Tomoyuki Yoshino, Toshio Ohtani

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Article in Chromosome research : an international journal on the molecular, supramolecular and evolutionary aspects of chromosome biology, 2003. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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Motoharu ShichiriFood Engineering Division, National Food Research Institute, 2-1-12 Kannondai, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-8642, Japan.
Daisuke Fukushi
Shigeru Sugiyama
Tomoyuki Yoshino
Toshio Ohtani
Food Research Institute · JP

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Abstract

We employed atomic force microscopy (AFM) to examine structural changes in barley chromosomes during the four steps of standard FISH processes. Rehydration and dehydration with alcohol accompanying RNase treatment increased chromosome arm width and decreased chromosome height about 50%. Subsequent heat denaturation reduced chromosome height further. These three-dimensional structural changes of the chromosomes were substantial, but the FISH signal produced by the hybridization of fluorescent probes was clear when observed by a fluorescence microscope. In higher-magnification images, we observed granular structures considered to represent the chromatin fiber on the surface of the chromosomes in each FISH protocol step. These our results indicate that FISH treatments result in severe damage of the three-dimensional higher-order structures of the chromosomes, although nano-structures, such as nucleosome and chromatin fibers, remain intact and relatively unaffected.

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ChromosomesIn Situ Hybridization, FluorescenceMicroscopy, Atomic ForceArtifactsHordeum

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