TY  - JOUR
A1  - Kirchner, S.
A1  - Stopper, Helga
A1  - Papp, T.
A1  - Eckert, I.
A1  - Yoo, H. J.
A1  - Vig, B. K.
A1  - Schiffmann, D.
T1  - Cytogenetic changes in primary, immortalized and malignant mammalian cells
N2  - Some chromosomes in transformed rat cells and somatic cell hybrids fail to display the presence of kinetochore proteins as detected by antikinetochore antibodies. Suchchromosomes (K- Chromosomes) may constitute a novel mechanism for the genesis of aneuploidy. Wehave analyzed primary~ immortalized and malignant marnmalian cells for the presence of kinetochore proteins and micronuclei. Our resuJts suggest a correlation of the K- chromosome and micronucleus frequency with the variability in chromosome number. Upon in situ hybridization with the minor satellite and alpha satellite sequences some Kchromosomes showed a signal. This indicates that the observed lack of kinetocbores is not necessarily due to a lack of centromeric DNA. We conclude that dislocated K- chromosomes may become incorporated into micronuclei which are prone to loss. Such events would be associated with the generation of aneuploidy.
KW  - Toxikologie
KW  - Micronuclei
KW  - Kinetochore
KW  - Chromosome distribution
Y1  - 1993
U6  - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-63439
ER  -