Fraction of nuclear volume occupied by a single chromosome during interphase

Value 3.7 % Range: 1.8 to 12.0 %
Organism Human Homo sapiens
Reference Müller I, Boyle S, Singer RH, Bickmore WA, Chubb JR. Stable morphology, but dynamic internal reorganisation, of interphase human chromosomes in living cells. PLoS One. 2010 Jul 135(7):e11560. p.3 left column 3rd paragraphPubMed ID20644634
Method Researchers developed a labelling strategy for observation of single chromosomes in living interphase nuclei.
Comments HT1080 human fibrosarcoma cell line. n=39. See BNID 105965
Entered by Uri M
ID 105968