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Chromatin
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chromatin
[n] - the readily stainable substance of a cell nucleus consisting of DNA and RNA and various proteins
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Chromatin
Chromatin: The nucleoprotein material of chromosomes. Chromatin is essentially the substance of chromosomes. It is made up of DNA attached to a protein structure, together with chromosomal RNA. Chromatin exists in two states, euchromatin and heterochromatin, with different staining and functional pr...
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chromatin
Stainable material of interphase nucleus consisting of nucleic acid and associated histone protein packed into nucleosomes. Euchromatin is loosely packed and accessible to RNA polymerases, whereas heterochromatin is highly condensed and probably transcriptionally inactive.
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Chromatin
Chro'ma·tin noun [ Greek ..., ..., color.] (Biol.) Tissue which is capable of being stained by dyes.
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Chromatin
Chro'ma·tin noun (Biol.) The deeply staining substance of the nucleus and chromosomes of cells, now supposed to be the physical basis of inheritance, and generally regarded as the same substance as the hypothetical idioplasm or germ plasm.
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chromatin
Stainable material of interphase nucleus consisting of nucleic acid and associated histone protein packed into nucleosomes. Euchromatin is loosely packed and accessible to RNA polymerases, whereas heterochromatin is highly condensed and probably transcriptionally inactive. ... (18 Nov 1997) ...
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chromatin
chromatin granule noun the readily stainable substance of a cell nucleus consisting of DNA and RNA and various proteins; during mitotic division it condenses into chromosomes
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chromatin
(kro´mә-tin) the complex of nucleic acids (DNA and RNA) and proteins (primarily histones, but also nonhistone proteins) in the eukaryotic cell nucleus, comprising the chromosomes. See also euchromatin and heterochromatin. adj., chromatin´ic, adj. . sex chromatin Barr body.
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Chromatin
• (n.) Tissue which is capable of being stained by dyes. • (n.) The deeply staining substance of the nucleus and chromosomes of cells, now supposed to be the physical basis of inheritance, and generally regarded as the same substance as the hypothetical idioplasm or germ plasm.
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chromatin
(from the article `cell`) ...rather, it is organized, by molecular interaction with specific nuclear proteins, into a precisely packaged structure. This combination of DNA ... The DNA in the cell nucleus exists in the form of chromatin, which is made up of DNA bound to histones (simple alkaline prot...
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Chromatin
Chromatin is the combination of DNA and proteins that make up the contents of the nucleus of a cell. The primary functions of chromatin are: to package DNA into a smaller volume to fit in the cell, to strengthen the DNA to allow mitosis and meiosis and prevent DNA damage, and to control gene expres...
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chromatin
Credit: Felsenfeld and Groudine. Nature, 2003 A complex of DNA and basic proteins (such as histone) in eukaryotic cells that is condensed into chromosomes in mitosis and meiosis. There are two types. Heterochromatic is densely-coiled chromatin that appears as nodules in or along chromosomes and...
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chromatin
chromatin: see chromosome.
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chromatin
Type: Term Pronunciation: krō′ma-tin Definitions: 1. The genetic material of the nucleus consisting of deoxyribonucleoprotein that occurs in two forms during the phase between mitotic divisions: as heterochromatin, seen as condensed, readily stainable clumps; as euchromatin, dispersed lig...
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chromatin
(kro;mua-tin) Threadlike structures in the cell nucleus consisting primarily of DNA and protein. They represent the extended form of chromosomes during interphase.
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chromatin
(kro;mua-tin) Threadlike structures in the cell nucleus consisting primarily of DNA and protein. They represent the extended form of chromosomes during interphase.
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chromatin
1) Body substance 2) Chromatin granule
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