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. 2008 Aug 4;105(32):11236–11241. doi: 10.1073/pnas.0801967105

Fig. 2.

Fig. 2.

Mechanical destabilization of swollen apoptotic nuclei and spontaneous formation of vesicle-like nuclear fragments. (A) Swollen, but still intact, apoptotic nucleus and two vesicle-like nuclear fragments formed spontaneously from another, degraded nucleus. (B) A few minutes later, the apoptotic nucleus from A bursts open due to its mechanical instability.