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Descriptor English: Sex Chromatin
Descriptor Spanish: Cromatina Sexual
Descriptor cromatina sexual
Entry term(s) corpúsculos de Barr
Scope note: Masa condensada de cromatina, en el núcleo en interfase, que representa un cromosoma X inactivado. Cada CROMOSOMA X que supera la cifra de uno constituye la cromatina sexual (corpúsculo de Barr) en el núcleo de los mamíferos. (de King & Stansfield, A Dictionary of Genetics, 4th ed)
Descriptor Portuguese: Cromatina Sexual
Descriptor French: Chromatine sexuelle
Entry term(s): Barr Bodies
Bodies, Barr
Chromatin, Sex
Chromatins, Sex
Sex Chromatins
Tree 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
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D012728
Scope note: 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)
Allowable Qualifiers: CH chemistry
CL classification
DE drug effects
EN enzymology
GE genetics
IM immunology
IP isolation & purification
ME metabolism
MI microbiology
PA pathology
PH physiology
PS parasitology
RE radiation effects
TR transplantation
UL ultrastructure
VI virology
Related: Sex Determination Analysis MeSH
DeCS ID: 13109
Unique ID: D012728
NLM Classification: QU 470
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Date Established: 1966/01/01
Date of Entry: 1999/01/01
Revision Date: 2013/07/09
Sex Chromatin - Preferred
Concept UI M0019728
Scope note 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)
Preferred term Sex Chromatin
Entry term(s) Barr Bodies
Bodies, Barr
Chromatin, Sex
Chromatins, Sex
Sex Chromatins



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