"Heterochromatin" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
The portion of chromosome material that remains condensed and is transcriptionally inactive during INTERPHASE.
| Descriptor ID |
D006570
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| MeSH Number(s) |
A11.284.430.106.279.345.190.160.180.383 D12.776.664.224.466 G05.360.160.180.383
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 2006 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2015 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2016 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2021 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2024 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Heterochromatin" by people in Profiles.
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Shinkai A, Hashimoto H, Shimura C, Fujimoto H, Fukuda K, Horikoshi N, Okano M, Niwa H, Debler EW, Kurumizaka H, Shinkai Y. The C-terminal 4CXXC-type zinc finger domain of CDCA7 recognizes hemimethylated DNA and modulates activities of chromatin remodeling enzyme HELLS. Nucleic Acids Res. 2024 09 23; 52(17):10194-10219.
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Pyfrom S, Paneru B, Knox JJ, Cancro MP, Posso S, Buckner JH, Anguera MC. The dynamic epigenetic regulation of the inactive X chromosome in healthy human B cells is dysregulated in lupus patients. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2021 06 15; 118(24).
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Mao P, Smerdon MJ, Roberts SA, Wyrick JJ. Chromosomal landscape of UV damage formation and repair at single-nucleotide resolution. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2016 08 09; 113(32):9057-62.
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Li Q, Gent JI, Zynda G, Song J, Makarevitch I, Hirsch CD, Hirsch CN, Dawe RK, Madzima TF, McGinnis KM, Lisch D, Schmitz RJ, Vaughn MW, Springer NM. RNA-directed DNA methylation enforces boundaries between heterochromatin and euchromatin in the maize genome. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2015 Nov 24; 112(47):14728-33.
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Knoepfler PS, Zhang XY, Cheng PF, Gafken PR, McMahon SB, Eisenman RN. Myc influences global chromatin structure. EMBO J. 2006 Jun 21; 25(12):2723-34.
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Goldowitz D. The weaver granuloprival phenotype is due to intrinsic action of the mutant locus in granule cells: evidence from homozygous weaver chimeras. Neuron. 1989 Jun; 2(6):1565-75.