During interphase, individual chromosomes are not visible, and the chromatin appears diffuse and unorganized. Recent research suggests, however, that this is an oversimplification and that ...

Therefore, chromatin is further coiled into an even ... the DNA becomes highly compacted into the classic metaphase chromosomes that can be seen with a light microscope. Once a cell has divided ...

Northwestern Medicine scientists have uncovered new details about the genetic structure of ovarian cancer stem cells, ...

Thus, in the reconstruction of the four daughter nuclei, two of them contain more chromatin than the other two. The resulting pollen grains, however, look alike. 14. In the somatic mitosis there are ...

Chromatin is the physiological state of the genome. Approximately 50% of chromosomes and chromatin is protein. These include histones, transcription factors, nuclear receptors, co-activators, ...

An article by UAB professor Joan-Ramon Daban analyzes in depth the physical problems associated with DNA packaging that have ...

Kanazawa University and colleagues have achieved a breakthrough in understanding sperm DNA packaging. Using high-speed atomic force microscopy (HS-AFM), they captured the real-time process of ...