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. 1982 Aug;7(8):965-76.
doi: 10.1007/BF00965136.

Developmental changes in DNAse I digestibility and RNA template activity of neuronal nuclei relative to the postnatal appearance of a short DNA repeat length

P D Greenwood, I R Brown

Developmental changes in DNAse I digestibility and RNA template activity of neuronal nuclei relative to the postnatal appearance of a short DNA repeat length

P D Greenwood et al. Neurochem Res. 1982 Aug.

Abstract

Neurons of the rat cerebral hemispheres are known to undergo a postnatal shift to a short DNA repeat length. In the present study we report that rat neuronal nuclei are more sensitive to digestion with DNAse I when isolated at a developmental stage after the shift in neuronal DNA repeated length compared to nuclei isolated before the shift. This observation may suggest that a decondensation of neuronal chromatin accompanies the postnatal shift in DNA repeat length. We have also found that neuronal nuclei isolated after the shift to a short DNA repeat length demonstrate an increased ability to synthesize RNA in vitro.

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