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Transcription factories and chromosome structure

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Condensation is the hallmark of mitosis. Why, then, does the chromatin fibre not condense into the most compact form, a sphere? Why are chromatids cylindrical, and not spherical? What are the basic principles that determine the cylindrical shape?

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  1. Department of Genetics, University of San Pablo, Madrid, Spain

    N. Henriques-Gil

  2. The University of Cambridge, UK

    J. S. Parker (Professor of Plant Cytogenetics) (Professor of Plant Cytogenetics)

  3. Department of Genetics, University of Complutense, Madrid, Spain

    M. J. Puertas

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Pombo, A., McManus, J., Hughes, T.A., Iborra, F.J., Jackson, D.A., Cook, P.R. (1997). Transcription factories and chromosome structure. In: Henriques-Gil, N., Parker, J.S., Puertas, M.J. (eds) Chromosomes Today. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-1537-4_10

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