High-resolution analysis of Mammalian DNA replication units. 2015

Vadim O Chagin, and Marius Reinhart, and M Cristina Cardoso
Institute of Cytology, Russian Academy of Science, Saint Petersburg, Russia.

Genomic DNA of a eukaryotic cell is replicated once during the S-phase of the cell cycle to precisely maintain the complete genetic information. In the course of S-phase, semiconservative DNA synthesis is sequentially initiated and performed at thousands of discrete patches of the DNA helix termed replicons. At any given moment of S-phase, multiple replicons are active in parallel in different parts of the genome. In the last decades, tools and methods to visualize DNA synthesis inside cells have been developed. Pulse labeling with nucleotides as well as detecting components of the replication machinery yielded an overall picture of multiple discrete sites of active DNA synthesis termed replication foci (RFi) and forming spatiotemporal patterns within the cell nucleus. Recent advances in fluorescence microscopy and digital imaging in combination with computational image analysis allow a comprehensive quantitative analysis of RFi and provide valuable insights into the organization of the genomic DNA replication process and also of the genome itself. In this chapter, we describe in detail protocols for the visualization and quantification of RFi at different levels of optical and physical resolution.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D007038 Hypotonic Solutions Solutions that have a lesser osmotic pressure than a reference solution such as blood, plasma, or interstitial fluid. Solutions, Hypotonic
D008322 Mammals Warm-blooded vertebrate animals belonging to the class Mammalia, including all that possess hair and suckle their young. Mammalia,Mammal
D008856 Microscopy, Fluorescence Microscopy of specimens stained with fluorescent dye (usually fluorescein isothiocyanate) or of naturally fluorescent materials, which emit light when exposed to ultraviolet or blue light. Immunofluorescence microscopy utilizes antibodies that are labeled with fluorescent dye. Fluorescence Microscopy,Immunofluorescence Microscopy,Microscopy, Immunofluorescence,Fluorescence Microscopies,Immunofluorescence Microscopies,Microscopies, Fluorescence,Microscopies, Immunofluorescence
D009711 Nucleotides The monomeric units from which DNA or RNA polymers are constructed. They consist of a purine or pyrimidine base, a pentose sugar, and a phosphate group. (From King & Stansfield, A Dictionary of Genetics, 4th ed) Nucleotide
D002463 Cell Membrane Permeability A quality of cell membranes which permits the passage of solvents and solutes into and out of cells. Permeability, Cell Membrane
D002478 Cells, Cultured Cells propagated in vitro in special media conducive to their growth. Cultured cells are used to study developmental, morphologic, metabolic, physiologic, and genetic processes, among others. Cultured Cells,Cell, Cultured,Cultured Cell
D004247 DNA A deoxyribonucleotide polymer that is the primary genetic material of all cells. Eukaryotic and prokaryotic organisms normally contain DNA in a double-stranded state, yet several important biological processes transiently involve single-stranded regions. DNA, which consists of a polysugar-phosphate backbone possessing projections of purines (adenine and guanine) and pyrimidines (thymine and cytosine), forms a double helix that is held together by hydrogen bonds between these purines and pyrimidines (adenine to thymine and guanine to cytosine). DNA, Double-Stranded,Deoxyribonucleic Acid,ds-DNA,DNA, Double Stranded,Double-Stranded DNA,ds DNA
D004261 DNA Replication The process by which a DNA molecule is duplicated. Autonomous Replication,Replication, Autonomous,Autonomous Replications,DNA Replications,Replication, DNA,Replications, Autonomous,Replications, DNA
D006801 Humans Members of the species Homo sapiens. Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D000818 Animals Unicellular or multicellular, heterotrophic organisms, that have sensation and the power of voluntary movement. Under the older five kingdom paradigm, Animalia was one of the kingdoms. Under the modern three domain model, Animalia represents one of the many groups in the domain EUKARYOTA. Animal,Metazoa,Animalia

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