Chromatin architecture : advances from high-resolution single molecule DNA imaging /: advances from high-resolution single molecule DNA imaging. (2017)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Kirti Prakash.
• Authors: Prakash, Kirti
• Contents: Supervisor's Foreword; Preface; Parts of this thesis have been published in the following journal articles; In Peer-Reviewed Journals; In Conferences; Acknowledgements; Contents; Abbreviations; List of Figures; 1 A Condensed History of Chromatin Research; 1.1 The Early Research on the Nucleus and Chromatin; 1.2 Chromatin Bares Information: The Chromosomes #x83;; 1.3 Chromatin as a Decision Center of the Cellular Factory: The Golden #x83;; 1.4 Chromatin as a Highly Structured System: Genomic Data, Localisation #x83;; 1.5 The Substratum of Chromatin Memory: Epigenetic Regulation. 1.6 Fine-Scale Chromatin Architecture: A New Modelling Area1.7 Conclusion; References; 2 Investigating Chromatin Organisation Using Single Molecule Localisation Microscopy; 2.1 Introduction; 2.2 Single-Molecule Localization Microscopy: State-of-the-Art; 2.2.1 Principle of SMLM; 2.2.2 The Different SMLM Methods: A Historical Perspective; 2.3 Application of SMLM to Image Chromatin; 2.3.1 The Tao of SMLM; 2.3.2 Importance of a Good Localization Precision in Order to Improve Resolution; 2.3.3 Importance of High Signal Density to Improve Signal-to-Noise Ratio. 2.3.4 Limitations of Previous Approaches to Study Chromatin Organisation 2.4 A Method to Reach High Labelling Density of Chromatin with SMLM; 2.4.1 Theory of DNA Dye Fluorescence; 2.4.2 Adapting Study of DNA Dyes Fluorescence to SMLM; 2.4.3 Optimization of the Photoconversion Process; 2.4.4 Optimization of the Buffer Conditions; 2.4.5 Multicolor Imaging with DNA; 2.4.6 A Summary of Various Approaches Used to Study DNA with SMLM; 2.5 SMLM Microscope Design and Imaging Pipeline; 2.5.1 Sample Preparation for SMLM; 2.5.2 Imaging Medium; 2.6 Data Acquisition for SMLM. 2.7 Data Reconstruction for SMLM2.7.1 Spot Finding for SMLM; 2.7.2 Drift Correction Algorithms for SMLM; 2.7.3 Data Visualisation for SMLM; 2.7.4 Data Analysis for SMLM; 2.8 Some Further Considerations for Localisation Microscopy; 2.8.1 Artefacts in Localisation Microscopy; 2.8.2 Difference Between Localisation Precision and Accuracy; 2.9 Summary; References; 3 Structure, Function and Dynamics of Chromatin; 3.1 Introduction; 3.2 The Hierarchical Organisation of Chromatin; 3.2.1 Chromosome Territories (Scale: 1000 -- 2000 nm); 3.2.2 Sub-chromosomal Domains (Scale: 500 -- 1000 nm). 3.2.3 Chromatin Domains (Scale: 100 -- 400 nm)3.2.4 Chromatin Fibres (Scale: 30 -- 100 nm); 3.2.5 A Cluster-on-a-String Model to Describe the Fibre/Domain Transition; 3.2.6 Nucleosome Domains (Scale: 10 -- 30 nm); 3.2.7 Inference of Further Intermediate Chromatin Structures Using Local Chromatin Density Maps; 3.2.8 Hierarchical Organisation of Chromatin Structure; 3.3 The Dynamics of Chromatin; 3.3.1 Contrasting Arrangement of eu- and Hetero-Chromatin Inside the Cell Nucleus; 3.3.2 Classifier Identifies Intermediate States Between eu- and Heterochromatin Regions in Differentiated Cells.
• Publisher Details: Cham, Switzerland : Springer
• Publication Date: 2017
• Extent: 1 online resource, illustrations (some color)
• Subjects: 572.8/7; 570; Life sciences; Chromatin; Cytology; Nucleic acids; Spectroscopy; SCIENCE -- Life Sciences -- Biochemistry; Chromatin; Science -- Spectroscopy & Spectrum Analysis; Spectrum analysis, spectrochemistry, mass spectrometry; Biochemistry; Science -- Life Sciences -- Biology -- Molecular Biology; Cellular biology (cytology); Chromatin; Life Sciences; Cell Biology; Spectroscopy and Microscopy; Nucleic Acid Chemistry; Spectroscopy/Spectrometry; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9783319521831; 3319521837
• Related ISBNs: 9783319521824; 3319521829
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references.; Note: Online resource; title from PDF title page (SpringerLink, viewed March 1, 2017).
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