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- Niss, Frida, et al.
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Monitoring of Chromatin Organization at the Nuclear Pore Complex, Inner Nuclear Membrane, and Nuclear Interior in Live Cells by Fluorescence Ratiometric Imaging of Chromatin (FRIC)
- 2022
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In: The Nuclear Pore Complex. - New York : Humana Press Inc.. - 9781071623367 - 9781071623374 ; , s. 151-160
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Book chapter (peer-reviewed)abstract
- The image analysis tool FRIC (Fluorescence Ratiometric Imaging of Chromatin) quantitatively monitors dynamic spatiotemporal distribution of euchromatin and total chromatin in live cells. A vector (pTandemH) assures stoichiometrically constant expression of the histone variants Histone 3.3 and Histone 2B, fused to EGFP and mCherry, respectively. Quantitative ratiometric (H3.3/H2B) imaging displayed a concentrated distribution of heterochromatin in the periphery of U2OS cell nuclei. As a proof of concept, peripheral heterochromatin responded to experimental manipulation of histone acetylation as well as expression of the mutant lamin A protein “progerin,” which causes Hutchinson-Gilford Progeria Syndrome. In summary FRIC is versatile, unbiased, robust, requires a minimum of experimental steps and is suitable for screening purposes.
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