| Literature DB >> 84782 |
M Marcus, A Nattenberg, R Goitein, K Nielsén, A Gropp.
Abstract
The fluorochrome Hoechst 33258 which binds preferentially to A-T base pairs, drastically inhibits the condensation of A-T-rich centromeric heterochromatin regions in mouse cell lines. The condensation of all other regions of these chromosomes is also inhibited to some extent. The human Y chromosome contains a large heterochromatic region, which is also rich in A-T base pairs. This chromosome is not affected by Hoechst 33258 in human leukocyte cell cultures. On the other hand, condensation of the multiple copies of human Y chromosome in the mouse-human cell hybrid RH-28Y-23 is inhibited and the chromosomes appear distorted in Hoechst 33258-treated cells.Entities:
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Year: 1979 PMID: 84782 DOI: 10.1007/BF00291921
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Hum Genet ISSN: 0340-6717 Impact factor: 4.132