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On the other hand, a “melting polymer” model, based on chemical evidence, has been proposed to explain the interphase chromatin structure and behavior. Furthermore, the interphase chromosome is considered as grouped 10 nm fibers without specific higher order folding motif, thus decondensation is not required for interphase chromosome to perform biological function. In this study, the structure of large-scale interphase chromatin fiber was analyzed by several new methods. A cell line with tagged chromosome regions and replication foci were used to investigate the behavior of large-scale chromatin fiber during replication. A novel pulse-chase condition was applied to track the structural change of newly replicated DNA. Minuscule sized nanobody was labeled with nanogold particle via an innovated labeling method, and then integrated into several in vivo loading techniques to stain specific nuclear targets in live cells, aiming at revealing the detail of interphase chromosome structure. 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