To see an interphase chromosome or: How a disease can be associated with specific nuclear genome organization

The last hierarchical level of cellular genome organization is the spatial arrangement of chromosomes within the nuclear space. Despite of high regulatory potential and functional implications, issues concerning nuclear organization at chromosomal level are rarely addressed because of limitations in...

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Main Author: Ivan Y. Iourov
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Pensoft Publishers 2012-10-01
Series:BioDiscovery
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Online Access:https://biodiscovery.pensoft.net/article/8932/download/pdf/
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description The last hierarchical level of cellular genome organization is the spatial arrangement of chromosomes within the nuclear space. Despite of high regulatory potential and functional implications, issues concerning nuclear organization at chromosomal level are rarely addressed because of limitations in visualizing interphase chromosomes. The problem is especially seen when an attempt to associate specific patterns of nuclear genome organization with a pathological condition is made. Fortunately, advances in molecular cytogenetics have provided for a solution to visualize chromosomes in interphase nuclei at molecular resolution. A study in this issue of <em>BioDiscovery</em> shows the way of how to identify interphase chromosome architecture at molecular resolutions and demonstrates the involvement of specific nuclear genome organization in generating a cancer-causing chromosomal aberration (translocation between chromosomes 8 and 21 in acute myelogenous leukemia). Authors’ findings suggest interphase molecular cytogenetic techniques (i.e. interphase chromosome-specific multicolor banding or ICS-MCB) to be required to perform studies regarding nuclear genome organization at chromosomal level and its role in disease pathogenesis.
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spelling doaj.art-bce532a3005645dbbf362fb30de39ac62022-12-21T21:09:25ZengPensoft PublishersBioDiscovery2050-29662012-10-0141510.7750/BioDiscovery.2012.4.58932To see an interphase chromosome or: How a disease can be associated with specific nuclear genome organizationIvan Y. IourovThe last hierarchical level of cellular genome organization is the spatial arrangement of chromosomes within the nuclear space. Despite of high regulatory potential and functional implications, issues concerning nuclear organization at chromosomal level are rarely addressed because of limitations in visualizing interphase chromosomes. The problem is especially seen when an attempt to associate specific patterns of nuclear genome organization with a pathological condition is made. Fortunately, advances in molecular cytogenetics have provided for a solution to visualize chromosomes in interphase nuclei at molecular resolution. A study in this issue of <em>BioDiscovery</em> shows the way of how to identify interphase chromosome architecture at molecular resolutions and demonstrates the involvement of specific nuclear genome organization in generating a cancer-causing chromosomal aberration (translocation between chromosomes 8 and 21 in acute myelogenous leukemia). Authors’ findings suggest interphase molecular cytogenetic techniques (i.e. interphase chromosome-specific multicolor banding or ICS-MCB) to be required to perform studies regarding nuclear genome organization at chromosomal level and its role in disease pathogenesis.https://biodiscovery.pensoft.net/article/8932/download/pdf/chromosomediseaseinterphase chromosome-specifi
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chromosome
disease
interphase chromosome-specifi
title To see an interphase chromosome or: How a disease can be associated with specific nuclear genome organization
title_full To see an interphase chromosome or: How a disease can be associated with specific nuclear genome organization
title_fullStr To see an interphase chromosome or: How a disease can be associated with specific nuclear genome organization
title_full_unstemmed To see an interphase chromosome or: How a disease can be associated with specific nuclear genome organization
title_short To see an interphase chromosome or: How a disease can be associated with specific nuclear genome organization
title_sort to see an interphase chromosome or how a disease can be associated with specific nuclear genome organization
topic chromosome
disease
interphase chromosome-specifi
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