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From: Chromosome loops arising from intrachromosomal tethering of telomeres occur at high frequency in G1 (non-cycling) mitotic cells: Implications for telomere capture

Figure 3

A-F Looped chromosomes in G1 arrested cells: the distribution of tethered subtelomeric signals coincides with chromosome domains. Diploid non-cycling cells harvested after confluence arrest. The diploid cells are from the same cell line as in Fig 1 (i.e. CG04-0743BBRS). Fig 3A-3C shows diploid cells probed for chromosome 15 with CEN15 (larger signal spectrum green); SNRPN at 15q12 (spectrum orange); PML at 15q22 (spectrum orange); and subtelomeric 15q probe (smaller signal spectrum green). Note: The two chromosome 15 domains coincide with and envelop the 15q subtelomeric signals (there is no currently recognized specific 15p subtelomeric sequence and hence no 15p subtelomeric probe). Fig 3D-3F shows diploid cells probed for chromosome 12 with the subtelomeric probes for 12p (labeled with spectrum orange) and 12q (labeled with spectrum green) and the WCP chromosome 12 (the spectrum green smear). Note: The three chromosome 12 domains as defined by the (directly labeled) WCP12 envelop the three tethered subtelomeric probe pairs. This confirms that the telomeric tethering represents looped chromosomes.

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