| Literature DB >> 2420175 |
T Haaf, K Steinlein, M Schmid.
Abstract
The cytidine analog 5-azacytidine (5-azaC) induces an undercondensation of the heterochromatin in human chromosomes 1, 9, 15, 16, and Y when it is added in low concentrations to the late S-phase of growing lymphocyte cultures. In interphase nuclei, these heterochromatic regions are frequently somatically paired. The somatic pairing configurations are preserved up to metaphase stage in the 5-azaC-treated cultures and are thus susceptible to a direct microscopical examination. The statistical analysis of 1,000 somatic pairing configurations from 5-azaC-treated cells showed that the somatic pairing between the heterochromatic regions of homologous chromosomes is preferred over that between nonhomologous chromosomes.Entities:
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Year: 1986 PMID: 2420175 PMCID: PMC1684778
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Am J Hum Genet ISSN: 0002-9297 Impact factor: 11.025