Actinomycin D effects on termite chromosomes: induction of high resolution banding patterns with silver staining in mitotic stages.
The treatment of termite male spermatogonia with actinomycin D induces highly elongated and finely banded late prophase and prometaphase chromosomes as evidenced by the silver staining method. Actinomycin D suppresses the silver staining of nucleolar organizing regions in prometaphase and reduces it in metaphase chromosomes.
D000818:Animals; D002871:Chromosome Banding / Q000379:methods*; D002875:Chromosomes / Q000187:drug effects*; D003609:Dactinomycin / Q000494:pharmacology*; D006801:Humans; D007313:Insecta / Q000235:genetics*; D007621:Karyotyping; D008938:Mitosis; D011418:Prophase; D012834:Silver; D013194:Staining and Labeling
D003609:Dactinomycin; D012834:Silver