Preparation of Mitotic Cells for Fluorescence Microscopy

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Journal Methods Mol Biol

Specialty Molecular Biology

Date 2022 Sep 6

PMID 36066707

Authors

Yuji Tanno

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Abstract

Cell cycle-dependent regulation of chromosome is a dynamic event. After replication in S phase, sister chromatids show dynamic behavior including condensation, alignment, and segregation in M phase. These beautiful behaviors of chromosomes observed through the microscope have fascinated people since more than 100 years ago, and now we can sketch the dynamics of regulatory proteins and their posttranscriptional modifications through the fluorescent microscope. The purpose of this chapter is describing the basic methods of immunofluorescence analysis of mitotic cells and chromosomes. Besides, the key ideas for improving the preparation of the specimen are also described. Because the characteristic of the proteins of your interest differs one by one, modifying the method might cause the crucial improvement in the observation.

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