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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
3
pubmed:dateCreated
1989-3-27
pubmed:abstractText
The nucleolus of the human Sertoli cell displays a spontaneous segregation of its components and has only one or 2 large fibrillar centers. The 3-dimensional reconstruction and quantitative analysis of its components was undertaken using a Quantimet 900 image analysis system in order to define the spatial relationships between the dense fibrillar component and the fibrillar center and especially to investigate whether threads of dense fibrillar component exist independently, without being linked to a fibrillar center. Our 3D reconstructions demonstrated that the dense fibrillar threads or sheets were never independent of fibrillar centers. These structures belonged to a continuous network that joined the layer of dense fibrils surrounding the fibrillar center. When the nucleolus contained 2 different-sized fibrillar centers, quantitative analysis showed that there was a proportional relationship between the volume of the dense fibrillar component and the volume of the fibrillar center. These data, compared with those previously obtained by means of autoradiographic techniques, suggest that the rDNA-containing chromatin passes through the fibrillar center and unwinds from there into the dense fibrillar component.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:issn
0248-4900
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
63
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
277-85
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1988
pubmed:articleTitle
Three-dimensional ultrastructure and quantitative analysis of the human Sertoli cell nucleolus.
pubmed:affiliation
Laboratoire de Génétique, Faculté de Médecine, Marseille, France.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't