Extrachromosomal Inheritance
"Extrachromosomal Inheritance" 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.
Vertical transmission of hereditary characters by DNA from cytoplasmic organelles such as MITOCHONDRIA; CHLOROPLASTS; and PLASTIDS, or from PLASMIDS or viral episomal DNA.
| Descriptor ID |
D005111
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| MeSH Number(s) |
G05.420.275
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| Concept/Terms |
Cytoplasmic Inheritance- Cytoplasmic Inheritance
- Inheritance, Cytoplasmic
- Extranuclear Inheritance
- Inheritance, Extranuclear
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Extrachromosomal Inheritance" by people in Profiles.
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Dolf G, Meyn RE, Curley D, Prather N, Story MD, Boman BM, Siciliano MJ, Hewitt RR. Extrachromosomal amplification of the epidermal growth factor receptor gene in a human colon carcinoma cell line. Genes Chromosomes Cancer. 1991 Jan; 3(1):48-54.
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Calabretta B, Robberson DL, Barrera-Salda?a HA, Lambrou TP, Saunders GF. Genome instability in a region of human DNA enriched in Alu repeat sequences. Nature. 1982 Mar 18; 296(5854):219-25.