Abstract:Mitotic chromosomes without nucleosomes have been reconstituted in recent experiments. When topo II is depleted from the reconstituted chromosomes, these chromosomes are entangled and form 'sparklers', where DNA is condensed in the core with linker histone H1.8 and condensin is localized at the periphery. To understand the mechanism of the assembly of sparklers, we here take into account the loop extrusion by condensin in an extension of the theory of entangled polymer gels. The loop extrusion stiffens an enta… Show more
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