Summary and conclusions
A critical examination of well fixed yeast cells killed at different states in the growth cycle shows that the distribution of chromatin in the yeast cell varies depending on the stage in the growth cycle. Our data support the view (1) that the spindle is intravacuolar, (2) that mitosis occurs on the spindle, (3) that the chromosomes spin out after mitosis to extend into the vacuole, (4) that a large nucleolus appears in the nuclear vacuole of rapidly growing wellnourshed cells, and (5) that in the presence of adequate amounts of phosphate and otherwise favorable conditions the chromosomes are covered with metaphosphate.
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This work has been supported by grants from the National Cancer Institute of the National Institutes of Health, Public Health Service C-2140 and from the Illinois Division of the American Cancer Society.
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Lindegren, C.C., Williams, M.A. & McClary, D.O. The distribution of chromatin in budding yeast cells. Antonie van Leeuwenhoek 22, 1–20 (1956). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02538308
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