Relationship between measured chromosome distribution parameters and Ag-staining of the nucleolus organizer regions |
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Authors: | Luc Hens Micheline Kirsch-Volders Frances E Arrighi C Susanne |
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Institution: | (1) Department of Human Genetics, Free University Brussels (V.U.B.), Pleinlaan 2, B-1050 Brussels, Belgium;(2) Instituut voor Morfologie, Free University Brussels (V.U.B.), Laarbeeklaan 103, B-1090 Brussels, Belgium;(3) Section of Cell Biology, The University of Texas System, Cancer Center, M. D. Anderson Hospital and Tumor Institute, 77030 Houston, Texas, USA;(4) The Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, The University of Texas Health Science Center, 77030 Houston, Texas, USA |
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Abstract: | Summary Trypsin-banded metaphase plates provided by one whole blood culture of a normal adult female were analyzed as to the chromosome distribution by measuring: (1) distances between centromeres; (2) angles formed between a centromere, the gravity center of the metaphase plane, and a second centromere; and (3) the measured tendency to associate, as defined by Galperin (1969b). These data are correlated with Ag-NOR staining findings obtained from 72 cells from another culture of the same individual. In these cells, the chromosome pairs are identified using a simultaneous Ag-NOR staining and acridine orange banding technique. The silver precipitation is also correlated with the scored satellite associations in these cells. The results show a correlation between all concerned parameters, indicating that the nucleolar function of the human acrocentric chromosomes, as demonstrated by the silver precipitation technique, is probably one of the major determinants of the proximity of these chromosomes. There is a pronounced correlation of the Ag-NOR findings with those measured parameters which describe best the preferential small distances between chromosomes (angle analysis and tendency to associated data). Moreover, the association patterns of the acrocentrics with small amounts of NOR provide some evidence for the interference of other determinants cogoverning the position of the human D-and G-group chromosomes.To whom offprint requests should be sent |
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