High-resolution images were captured by a computer-assisted fluorescence microscope system (DeltaVision; Applied Precision). The objective lens was an oil-immersion lens (100X, NA = 1.35). Image deconvolution was carried out using an image workstation (SoftWorks; Applied Precision).
Pairing of chromosomes was analyzed in the whole yeast cells with two homologous LacI-GFP spots at CENX locus. Following fluorescence microscope imaging, the number of chromosomal locus-marked GFP foci in a single cell was counted manually.
The distance between two GFP foci on chromosome IV on a single focal plane in a intact yeast cell taken by the fluorescence microscope system (DeltaVision; Applied Precision) was measured by NIH image J program.