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  • Institution/s: Universidad de Valladolid, Universitatea de Vest din Timişoara
  • Project: Diccionario Terminológico de Genética (Eurogene)
  • Identification number: 145
  • Subdomains: Studies of chromatin, Studies of DNA, Studies of RNA, Techniques
  • Author/s: Ana MUÑOZ GASCÓN, Bianca CONSTANTINESCU, Isaac MORENO RUIZ, María Eugenia HERRERAS
  • Creation / modification date: 01-02-2014
  • Term: X chromosome
  • Gramatical category: s
  • Definition: One of the two sex chromosomes in humans (the other is the Y chromosome).
  • Context: In female mammals, most genes on one X chromosome are silenced as a result of X-chromosome inactivation.
  • Weighting mark: nor
  • Sources:
    • Term: EMERY, A.E.H. y MUELLER, R.F. (1992) Elements of Medical Genetics, Churchill Livingstone: New York. 8th Edition.
    • Definition: US NATIONAL LIBRARY OF MEDICINE http://ghr.nlm.nih.gov/chromosome/X
    • Context: CARREL L. AND , WILLARD H. X-inactivation profile reveals extensive variability in X-linked gene expression in females. Nature. 2005 Mar 17;434(7031): 400-4. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15772666?dopt=Abstract.
  • Images:
    • X chromosome
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