Stage - dependent centromere structure in mitosis and meiosis

[EN] Through the use of a silver staining technique three distinct regions can always be visualized in chromosomes:nucleolus organizer regions, centromere and telomere regions. The organization of the centromere region was studied in different phases of mitosis and meiosis. The centromere region was...

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Autores: Vieira, R., Viegas, Wanda, Mello-Sampayo, T.
Formato: artículo
Fecha de publicación:1988
País:España
Recursos:Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC)
Repositorio:DIGITAL.CSIC. Repositorio Institucional del CSIC
OAI Identifier:oai:digital.csic.es:10261/13285
Acesso em linha:http://hdl.handle.net/10261/13285
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palavra-chave:Centromeres
Meiosis (reductional division)
Silver staining
Descrição
Resumo:[EN] Through the use of a silver staining technique three distinct regions can always be visualized in chromosomes:nucleolus organizer regions, centromere and telomere regions. The organization of the centromere region was studied in different phases of mitosis and meiosis. The centromere region was shown to be formed by an assembled dot-like structure with a market different complexity between mitotic and metaphase I chromosomes, being quadripartite in the former and bipartite in the latter. The nature of this difference is suggested to be related to the mechanism responsible to reductional division. The protein nature of these dots and their correspondence to the chromosome "core" and to the "scaffolding" is discussed. The presence of terminal dots in almost all telomeres and the existence of intercalar dots in some chromosomes are interpreted as being dependent on the individual phylogeny for each chromosome.