... Nuclear transport Chromosome decondensation Eukaryotic chromosomes are spatially organized within the nucleus, the boundary of which is formed by the nuclear envelope. The envelope consists of a double membrane, nuclear pore complexes (NPCs), and the nuclear lamina (for reviews see Marshall...

... transcription after mitosis are accompanied by anticipated chromosome decondensation ( Morcillo and De la Torre, 1979a ,b; Aller et al., 1983 ). However, the anticipated chromatin decondensation observed in cells with bromosubstituted early replicating DNA was not followed by an advancement in the time...

... by Company of Biologists 1987 chromosome structure chromosome coiling chromosome decondensation DNA repair inhibition chromatin higher order structure The highly compact nature of metaphase chromosomes imposes severe limitations on the amount of information that can be obtained about...