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Nucleoplasmin regulates chromatin condensation during apoptosis

Zhigang Lu1, Chuanmao Zhang, Zhonghe Zhai

  • 1National Key Laboratory of Biomembrane and Membrane Biotechnology and Department of Cell Biology and Genetics, College of Life Sciences, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China.

Summary

Apoptotic chromatin condensation is regulated by nucleoplasmin, a protein that decondenses sperm chromatin. Dephosphorylation of nucleoplasmin inactivates its activity, leading to chromatin condensation, a process independent of DNA fragmentation.

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