Prenatal appearance of a short nucleosomal DNA repeat length in neurons of the guinea pig cerebral cortex |
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Authors: | Ian R Brown |
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Institution: | Department of Zoology, Scarborough College, University of Toronto, West Hill, Ontario M1C 1A4 Canada |
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Abstract: | The organization of chromatin in neurons of the cerebral cortex of the guinea pig brain was analyzed by digesting isolated nuclei with micrococcal nuclease. During development, cortical neurons were observed to undergo an alteration in chromatin structure which results in an atypically short nucleosomal DNA repeat length of 164 bp. This change in chromatin organization occurs postnatally in certain mammals but in the guinea pig it takes place prior to birth between days 32 and 44 of fetal development. This suggests that the appearance of the short nucleosomal DNA repeat length in cortical neurons correlates to a particular stage of differentiation of cortical neurons rather than to the event of birth. |
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Keywords: | Chromatin Nucleosome DNA repeat length Neuron (Guinea pig cerebral cortex) |
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