Chromosome Nanoscience and Technology

Preface. Mechanical Approaches to Elucidate Mechanisms of Chromosome Condensation at the Nano- and Micro-Level. Development of Novel AFM Probes for Chromosome Manipulation. Microchamber Array-Based Sequence-Specific DNA Detection from a Single Chromosome via Trace Volume PCR. On-Chip Chromosome Sorter Using Electric and Magnetic Fields. Fluorescence Microscopy for Analysis of Chromosome Dynamics. Fluorescence In Situ Hybridization (FISH) as a Tool for Comparative Genomics. Immunocytochemistry for Analyzing Chromosomes. Transmission and Scanning Electron Microscopy of Mammalian Metaphase Chromosomes. Atomic Force Microscopy of Human Chromosomes in Relation to Their Higher-Order Structure. Mechanism of Higher-Order Chromatin Folding Revealed by AFM Observation of In Vitro Reconstituted Chromatin. Scanning Near-Field Optical/Atomic Force Microscopy as a Tool for Simultaneous Specification of Chromosome Topography and Particular Gene Location on the Nanometer Scale. Isolation of Human and Plant Chromosomes as Nano-Materials. Proteome Analysis of Human Metaphase Chromosomes. Anti-Peptide Antibodies for Examining the Conformation and Molecular Assembly of an Intracellular Protein. Structure and Interactions of the Imitation SWI-Type Chromatin-Remodeling Complex, ATP-Dependent Chromatin-Assembly Factor. Dynamic and Functional Analysis of Chromosomal Proteins. Development of a Sustainable Chromosome Imaging Database. Image Database and Image Analysis of Chromosome Information.