Isolation of cell nuclei using inert macromolecules to mimic the crowded cytoplasm.

Cell nuclei are commonly isolated and studied in media which include millimolar concentrations of cations, which conserve the nuclear volume by screening the negative charges on chromatin and maintaining its compaction. However, two factors question if these ionic conditions correctly reproduce the...

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Main Authors: Ronald Hancock, Yasmina Hadj-Sahraoui
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2009-10-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC2762040?pdf=render