"Sex Chromatin" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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In the interphase nucleus, a condensed mass of chromatin representing an inactivated X chromosome. Each X CHROMOSOME, in excess of one, forms sex chromatin (Barr body) in the mammalian nucleus. (from King & Stansfield, A Dictionary of Genetics, 4th ed)
| Descriptor ID |
D012728
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| MeSH Number(s) |
A11.284.187.865.800 A11.284.430.106.279.345.190.160.180.383.800 G05.360.160.180.383.800 G05.360.162.865.800
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| Concept/Terms |
Sex Chromatin- Sex Chromatin
- Chromatin, Sex
- Chromatins, Sex
- Sex Chromatins
- Barr Bodies
- Bodies, Barr
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Sex Chromatin" by people in Profiles.
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Barring gene expression after XIST: maintaining facultative heterochromatin on the inactive X. Semin Cell Dev Biol. 2003 Dec; 14(6):359-67.
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Chromatin of the Barr body: histone and non-histone proteins associated with or excluded from the inactive X chromosome. Hum Mol Genet. 2003 Sep 01; 12(17):2167-78.
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The human XIST gene: analysis of a 17 kb inactive X-specific RNA that contains conserved repeats and is highly localized within the nucleus. Cell. 1992 Oct 30; 71(3):527-42.
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Nuclear chromatin determination in amniotic fluid cells for prenatal sex prediction in the macaque. Am J Obstet Gynecol. 1976 Apr 01; 124(7):761-3.
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Thyroid-bound Y-chromatin-like fluorescence in the nuclei of thyroid adenomas. Arch Geschwulstforsch. 1976; 46(3):204-9.
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Pseudohermaphroditis, with testes and a 46, XX karyotype. J Pediatr. 1975 Jul; 87(1):58-62.
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[Organ specific structure of the cell nucleus]. Orv Hetil. 1975 Apr 06; 116(14):783-6.
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Non-random appearance of Y-chromatin-like fluorescence in the nuclei of thyroid and brain and its chromosomal background. Humangenetik. 1975; 27(4):339-42.
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Cytogenetics in clinical medicine. JAMA. 1969 Feb 03; 207(5):914-9.