ELCS in ice: cryo-electron microscopy of nuclear envelope-limited chromatin sheets

M Eltsov, S Sosnovski, AL Olins, DE Olins - Chromosoma, 2014 - Springer
Nuclear envelope-limited chromatin sheets (ELCS) form during excessive interphase
nuclear envelope growth in a variety of cells. ELCS appear as extended sheets within the …

Interphase epichromatin: last refuge for the 30-nm chromatin fiber?

P Xu, J Mahamid, M Dombrowski, W Baumeister… - Chromosoma, 2021 - Springer
Abstract “Interphase epichromatin” describes the surface of chromatin located adjacent to
the interphase nuclear envelope. It was discovered in 2011 using a bivalent anti …

Nuclear envelope-limited chromatin sheets (ELCS) and heterochromatin higher order structure

DE Olins, AL Olins - Chromosoma, 2009 - Springer
The interphase nucleus and nuclear envelope can acquire a myriad of shapes in normal or
pathological cell states. There exist a wide variety of indentations and invaginations, of …

Nuclear envelope-limited chromatin sheets are part of mitotic death

J Erenpreisa, A Ivanov, M Cragg, G Selivanova… - Histochemistry and cell …, 2002 - Springer
Nuclear envelope-limited chromatin sheets (ELCS) are enigmatic membranous structures of
uncertain function. This study describes the induction of ELCS in p53 mutated Burkitt's …

Chromatin freeze fracture electron microscopy: a comparative study of core particles, chromatin, metaphase chromosomes, and nuclei

J Lepault, S Bram, J Escaig, W Wray - Nucleic Acids Research, 1980 - academic.oup.com
Chromatin gels, metaphase chromosomes, and intact nuclei were studied by freeze
fracturing followed by electron microscopy. The results complement and extend those …

Cryoelectron microscopy of vitrified sections: a new challenge for the analysis of functional nuclear architecture

C Bouchet-Marquis, J Dubochet, S Fakan - Histochemistry and cell biology, 2006 - Springer
Cryoelectron microscopy of vitrified sections has become a powerful tool for investigating the
fine structural features of cellular compartments. In the present study, this approach has …

The nuclear shell in HeLa cell nuclei: whole-mount electron microscopy of the dissociated and isolated nuclear periphery

D Bouvier, J Hubert, M Bouteille - Journal of ultrastructure research, 1980 - Elsevier
We have developed a method which allows rapid and reproducible isolation of the
outermost layer of peripheral chromatin (cortical chromatin) from interphase HeLa cell …

Organization of chromatin in the interphase mammalian cell

H Dehghani, G Dellaire, DP Bazett-Jones - Micron, 2005 - Elsevier
The use of imaging techniques has become an essential tool in cell biology. In particular,
advances in fluorescence microscopy and conventional transmission electron microscopy …

Analysis of chromatin fibers in Hela cells with electron tomography

X Li, H Feng, J Zhang, L Sun, P Zhu - Biophysics reports, 2015 - Springer
The presence and folding pattern of chromatin in eukaryotic cells remain elusive and
controversial. In this study, we prepared ultra-thin sections of Hela cells with three different …

Cryo-electron microscopy of the chromatin fiber

R Boopathi, S Dimitrov, A Hamiche, C Petosa… - Current Opinion in …, 2020 - Elsevier
Highlights•Cryo-electro microscopy reveals the native conformation of chromatin fiber both
in vitro and in situ.•Presence of linker histone and ionic conditions determines the level of …