title: Chromatin fibers: from classical descriptions to modern interpretation.
abstract: The first description of intrachromosomal fibers was made by Baranetzky in 1880. Since that time, a plethora of fibrillar substructures have been described inside the mitotic chromosomes, and published data indicate that chromosomes may be formed as a result of the hierarchical folding of chromatin fibers. In this review, we examine the evolution and the current state of research on the morphological organization of mitotic chromosomes.
authors: Faculty of Bioengineering and Bioinformatics, M.V. Lomonosov Moscow State University, 119992, Moscow, Russia.|A.N. Belozersky Institute of Physico-Chemical Biology, M.V. Lomonosov Moscow State University, 119992, Moscow, Russia.
authors: Maria A
authors: MA
authors: Kuznetsova
authors: A.N. Belozersky Institute of Physico-Chemical Biology, M.V. Lomonosov Moscow State University, 119992, Moscow, Russia. sheval_e@belozersky.msu.ru.|LIA1066 French-Russian Joint Cancer Research Laboratory, 119334, Moscow, Russia. sheval_e@belozersky.msu.ru.
authors: Eugene V
authors: EV
authors: Sheval
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002843:Chromatin / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000502:physiology*; D006801:Humans; D008938:Mitosis / Q000502:physiology; D009707:Nucleosomes / Q000502:physiology
chemical_list: D002843:Chromatin; D009707:Nucleosomes
keywords: 30 nm fiber; chromomere; chromonema; chromosome; nucleosome