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Descriptor English: X Chromosome Inactivation
Descriptor Spanish: Inactivación del Cromosoma X
Descriptor inactivación del cromosoma X
Entry term(s) inactivación de X
inactivación del X
Scope note: Proceso de compensación de dosis que tiene lugar en un estadio embrionario precoz del desarrollo de los mamíferos en el cual, al azar, un CROMOSOMA X del par es anulado en las células somáticas de las hembras.
Descriptor Portuguese: Inativação do Cromossomo X
Descriptor French: Inactivation du chromosome X
Entry term(s): Chromosome Inactivation, X
Hypothesis, Lyon
Inactivation, X
Inactivation, X Chromosome
Lyon Hypothesis
Lyonization
X Inactivation
X Inactivations
X-Inactivation
Tree number(s): G05.308.203.249.970
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D049951
Scope note: A dosage compensation process occurring at an early embryonic stage in mammalian development whereby, at random, one X CHROMOSOME of the pair is repressed in the somatic cells of females.
Allowable Qualifiers: DE drug effects
ES ethics
GE genetics
IM immunology
PH physiology
RE radiation effects
Previous Indexing: Dosage Compensation, Genetic (1982-2005)
X Chromosome (1983-2005)
Public MeSH Note: 2006; see DOSAGE COMPENSATION (GENETICS) 1982-2005
History Note: 2006; use DOSAGE COMPENSATION, GENETIC 1982-2005
DeCS ID: 51238
Unique ID: D049951
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Date Established: 2006/01/01
Date of Entry: 2005/06/30
Revision Date: 2016/06/17
X Chromosome Inactivation - Preferred
Concept UI M0006765
Scope note A dosage compensation process occurring at an early embryonic stage in mammalian development whereby, at random, one X CHROMOSOME of the pair is repressed in the somatic cells of females.
Preferred term X Chromosome Inactivation
Entry term(s) Chromosome Inactivation, X
Inactivation, X
Inactivation, X Chromosome
Lyonization
X Inactivation
X Inactivations
X-Inactivation
Lyon Hypothesis - Related but not broader or narrower
Concept UI M0471537
Preferred term Lyon Hypothesis
Entry term(s) Hypothesis, Lyon



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