Abstract
The morphology of metaphase chromosome-derived chromatin fibers released from cells by non-ionic detergent cell lysis in the presence of divalent cations has been studied by electron microscopy. In these preparations the euchromatic arms appear as a series of loops, 200-300 A in diameter, which are composed of closely-apposed nucleosome arrays. The higher order fiber in chromosomes derived from detergent-lysed cells appears to be less stable than chromatin fibers obtained by mechanical cell lysis. The fiber breaks down into a series of non-uniform nucleosome aggregates (superbeads) and finally to chromatin in a beads-on-a-string morphology upon incubation at 31 degrees for 20 min. These observations allow us to suggest a relationship between uniform thick fibers, superbead-containing fibers, and beads-on-a-string chromatin within metaphase chromosomes.
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