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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
3
pubmed:dateCreated
1997-2-20
pubmed:abstractText
Resting encystment is a reversible cytodifferentiation phenomenon regularly taking place during the life cycle of Colpodidae. The encystment involves regulation of the macronuclear DNA content, accomplished via chromatin extrusion and DNA synthesis mechanisms. An analysis of macronuclear chromatin texture was carried out in Colpoda inflata logarithmically growing cells, pre-cystic cells, and increasingly aging resting cysts after Feulgen staining. Morphometric and densitometric parameters as well as Markovian chromatin texture variables were utilised for image analysis. Moreover, univariate and multivariate analyses were applied both to macronuclei and to their chromatin extrusion bodies. The results show that structural variations in chromatin appear under macronuclear functional activity conditions, suggesting a dynamic state of chromatin texture throughout a long-term resting encystment.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:issn
1121-760X
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
40
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
181-8
pubmed:dateRevised
2008-8-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1996
pubmed:articleTitle
A study on macronuclear chromatin structure in Colpoda inflata (Protozoa, Ciliophora) by means of image analysis.
pubmed:affiliation
Institute of Zoology, University of Genoa, Italy.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't