High voltage (1MeV) transmission electron microscopy image of a 0.5 micrometer section through a Chinese hamster ovary cell at metaphase showing a chromatid pair, with kinetochores at the centromere. The image was taken with a specimen tilt of 63 degrees and is one of a group of 3 tilts from 43 degrees to 63 degrees at 10 degree intervals. Pairs of images provide oblique stereo views of the chromosome.
Biological Process: Chromosome organization, Mitosis, Mitotic metaphase
CHO cells at metaphase were treated with 50% D2O, fixed with glutaraldehyde, embedded in epoxy resin and 0.5 micrometer 'thick' sections stained with uranyl acetate and lead citrate for HVEM observation. See also: H. Ris 1981 Stereoscopic electron microscopy of chromosomes. Meth Cell Biol 22:77-96 H. Ris 1978 Preparation of chromatin and chromosomes for electron microscopy. Meth Cell Biol 18:220-246.
Author: Hans Ris
Source: The Cell: An Image Library
