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.