Each eukaryotic chromosome is composed of DNA coiled and condensed around nuclear proteins called histones. Humans inherit one set of chromosomes from their mother and a second set from their father.

Flemming divided mitosis into two broad parts: a progressive phase, during which the chromosomes condensed and aligned at the center of the spindle, and a regressive phase, during which the sister ...

Chromosome compaction is on the order of several thousand ... 6) for MukB-mediated DNA condensation that was distinct from the prevailing view arguing that SMC proteins condense DNA by topologically ...