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Characterize the structural organization of DNA and the progression of replication bands in the macronucleus of Euplotes eurystomus.

June 1, 1962The Journal of Cell BiologyOpen Access

Electron Microscopy of the Macronucleus of Euplotes Eurystomus

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BKByron C. KlussUniversity of Iowa

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Microscopy analysis reveals distinct cytological DNA reorganizations during macronuclear replication in Euplotes eurystomus, highlighting structural dynamics preceding DNA synthesis.

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Characterize the structural organization of DNA and the progression of replication bands in the macronucleus of Euplotes eurystomus.
Employed light and electron microscopy to observe the rod-shaped macronucleus of Euplotes eurystomus during early interphase.
Replication bands initiate at opposite tips of the rod-shaped macronucleus during early interphase and travel inward until meeting at the center.
Two distinct structural reorganizations of macronuclear DNA precede the onset of DNA replication.

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Byron C. Kluss (1962) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a8ce007634cd4ed83301a01 https://doi.org/10.1083/jcb.13.3.462

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Microscopy analysis reveals distinct cytological DNA reorganizations during macronuclear replication in Euplotes eurystomus, highlighting structural dynamics preceding DNA synthesis.

Electron Microscopy of the Macronucleus of Euplotes Eurystomus

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