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Relative DNA content of human euchromatin and heterochromatin after G, C and giemsa 11 banding

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Human chromosomes and interphase nuclei labeled with 3H-thymidine and treated with the ASG and trypsin technique for G banding show no DNA loss. However, after G11 and C banding significantly more DNA is removed from euchromatin than from constitutive heterochromatin.

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  1. Institut für Genetik der Freien Universität Berlin, Berlin, Germany

    H. Schmiady, R. -D. Wegner & K. Sperling

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Schmiady, H., Wegner, R.D. & Sperling, K. Relative DNA content of human euchromatin and heterochromatin after G, C and giemsa 11 banding. Hum Genet 29, 85–89 (1975). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00273354

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