Institution/s: Universidad de Valladolid, Universitatea de Vest din Timişoara
Project: Diccionario Terminológico de Genética (Eurogene)
Identification number: 116
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-chromatin body (Barr body)
Gramatical category: s
Definition: Cytological manifestation of the inactive X chromosome (Xi) in interphase nuclei.
Context: The number of X-chromatin bodies in interphase cells was compared with the number of X chromosomes in metaphases in nineteen carcinomas of the cervix uteri.
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: CHADWICK B. AND WILLARD H. Chromatin of the Barr body: histone and non-histone proteins associated with or excluded from the inactive X chromosome. Hum Mol Genet. 2003;12(17):2167–2178. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/12915472.
Context: ATKIN, N. ET AL., A comparison of the number of X-chromatin bodies and of X chromosomes in carcinomas of the cervix uteri. Cytobios. 1989;60 (241):111-4. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/2632146.