Organization of centromeres in the decondensed nuclei of mature human sperm

Autor: John W. Breneman, Bill R. Brinkley, Irina A. Zalenskaya, Andrei O. Zalensky, E. Morton Bradbury
Rok vydání: 1993
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Zdroj: Chromosoma. 102:509-518
ISSN: 1432-0886
0009-5915
DOI: 10.1007/bf00368344
Popis: The localization of centromeres in mature human sperm was shown by immunofluorescent labeling and nonisotopic in situ hybridization. In the decondensed nucleus structural elements (dimers, tetramers, linear arrays and V shape structures) formed by individual centromeres of nonhomologous chromosomes were observed. They organize the compact chromocenter, which was shown for nuclei decondensed to a low extent. The chromocenter is buried inside the nucleus; in contrast, telomeric regions of chromosomes were tentatively localized on the periphery. Thus, a gross architecture, which can influence selective unpackaging of the paternal genome upon fertilization, exists in human sperm.
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