"Heterochromatin" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
The portion of chromosome material that remains condensed and is transcriptionally inactive during INTERPHASE.
| Descriptor ID |
D006570
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| MeSH Number(s) |
A11.284.430.106.279.345.190.160.180.383 D12.776.664.224.466 G05.360.160.180.383
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This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Heterochromatin" by people in this website by year, and whether "Heterochromatin" was a major or minor topic of these publications.
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 2002 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2003 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2005 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2006 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2007 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2009 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2011 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2014 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2015 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2016 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2017 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2018 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2020 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2022 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2024 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Heterochromatin" by people in Profiles.
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DNA damage causes ATM-dependent heterochromatin loss leading to nuclear softening, blebbing, and rupture. Mol Biol Cell. 2025 Mar 01; 36(3):br6.
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The role of ATXR6 expression in modulating genome stability and transposable element repression in Arabidopsis. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2022 01 18; 119(3).
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Methyl-Metabolite Depletion Elicits Adaptive Responses to Support Heterochromatin Stability and Epigenetic Persistence. Mol Cell. 2020 04 16; 78(2):210-223.e8.
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Transcription-independent TFIIIC-bound sites cluster near heterochromatin boundaries within lamina-associated domains in C. elegans. Epigenetics Chromatin. 2020 01 09; 13(1):1.
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Examining the Roles of H3K4 Methylation States with Systematically Characterized Antibodies. Mol Cell. 2018 10 04; 72(1):162-177.e7.
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The three-dimensional genome organization of Drosophila melanogaster through data integration. Genome Biol. 2017 07 31; 18(1):145.
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Population-based 3D genome structure analysis reveals driving forces in spatial genome organization. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2016 Mar 22; 113(12):E1663-72.
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Regional centromeres in the yeast Candida lusitaniae lack pericentromeric heterochromatin. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2015 Sep 29; 112(39):12139-44.
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Drosophila muller f elements maintain a distinct set of genomic properties over 40 million years of evolution. G3 (Bethesda). 2015 Mar 04; 5(5):719-40.
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Comparative analysis of metazoan chromatin organization. Nature. 2014 Aug 28; 512(7515):449-52.