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Meaning of "heterochromatin" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF HETEROCHROMATIN

heterochromatin  [ˌhɛtərəʊˈkrəʊmətɪn] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF HETEROCHROMATIN

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determiner
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Heterochromatin is a noun.
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WHAT DOES HETEROCHROMATIN MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Heterochromatin

Heterochromatin is a tightly packed form of DNA, which comes in different varieties. These varieties lie on a continuum between the two extremes of constitutive and facultative heterochromatin. Both play a role in the expression of genes, where constitutive heterochromatin can affect the genes near them and where facultative heterochromatin is the result of genes that are silenced through a mechanism such as histone deacetylation or piRNA through RNAi. Constitutive heterochromatin is usually repetitive and forms structural functions such as centromeres or telomeres, in addition to acting as an attractor for other gene-expression or repression signals. Facultative heterochromatin is not repetitive and although it shares the compact structure of constitutive heterochromatin, facultative heterochromatin can, under specific developmental or environmental signaling cues, lose its condensed structure and become transcriptionally active. Heterochromatin has been associated with the di and tri-methylation of H3K9 in certain portions of the genome.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH HETEROCHROMATIN


achromatin
əˈkrəʊmətɪn
biotin
ˈbaɪətɪn
carotin
ˈkærətɪn
ceratin
ˈkɛrətɪn
chromatin
ˈkrəʊmətɪn
creatin
ˈkriːətɪn
emetin
ˈɛmətɪn
euchromatin
juːˈkrəʊmətɪn
gelatin
ˈdʒelətɪn
haematin
ˈhɛmətɪn
hematin
ˈhemətɪn
indigotin
ɪnˈdɪɡətɪn
isatin
ˈaɪsətɪn
keratin
ˈkɛrətɪn
nystatin
ˈnɪstətɪn
pancreatin
ˈpæŋkrɪətɪn
thaumatin
ˈθɔːmətɪn
travertin
ˈtrævətɪn
travertine
ˈtrævətɪn
zeatin
ˈzɪətɪn

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE HETEROCHROMATIN

heterocarpous
heterocercal
heterocercality
heterocercy
heterochlamydeous
heterochromatic
heterochromatism
heterochromosome
heterochromous
heterochronic
heterochronism
heterochronous
heterochrony
heteroclite
heteroclitic
heteroclitous
heterocont
heterocycle
heterocyclic
heterocyst

WORDS THAT END LIKE HETEROCHROMATIN

au gratin
cisplatin
Datin
gratin
Keewatin
Late Latin
Latin
lovastatin
matin
Medieval Latin
Neo-Latin
New Latin
Old Latin
patin
Pig Latin
satin
somatostatin
statin
Vulgar Latin
Zamyatin

Synonyms and antonyms of heterochromatin in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «heterochromatin» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF HETEROCHROMATIN

Find out the translation of heterochromatin to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of heterochromatin from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «heterochromatin» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

heterocromatina
570 millions of speakers

English

heterochromatin
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

हेट्रोक्रोमैटिन
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

المغاير
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

гетерохроматина
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

heterochromatin
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

heterochromatin
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

hétérochromatine
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Heterochromatin
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Heterochromatin
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

ヘテロクロマチン
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

이질 염색질
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Heterochromatin
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

dị
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

மாறுபட்ட கருவினிறப்பொருள்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

हीरोच्रोमाटिन
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

heterochromatin
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

eterocromatina
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

heterochromatyna
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

гетерохроматина
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

heterochromatin
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

heterochromatin
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

skeef
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

heterokromatin
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

heterochromatin
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of heterochromatin

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «HETEROCHROMATIN»

The term «heterochromatin» is regularly used and occupies the 60.820 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «HETEROCHROMATIN» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about heterochromatin

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «HETEROCHROMATIN»

Discover the use of heterochromatin in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to heterochromatin and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Heterochromatin: Molecular and Structural Aspects
'The material included in Heterochromatin is impressively comprehensive and provides timely, authoritative information that would otherwise be difficult to obtain.' BioScience
Ram Sagar Verma, 1988
2
Silencing, Heterochromatin and DNA Double Strand Break Repair
Although I have no doubt that many breakthroughs in our understanding of chromatin, chromatin regulation, and DNA repair lie in our future, presently this is a new line in inquiry. As such there are many, many unanswered questions.
Kevin D. Mills, 2000
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The Cell Cycle: Principles of Control
heterochromatin multiple rounds of cell division euchromatin (a) telomere ADE2( off) redcells ADE2 (off) red cells white cells spontaneous shift of heterochromatin boundary in one cell division ADE2 (on) multiple roundsofcelldivision white cells  ...
David Morgan, 2007
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Mechanisms of Gene Silencing by Heterochromatin Protein 1
Heterochromatin Protein 1 (HP1) is a chromosomal protein involved in gene silencing.
Karrie Ann Hines, 2006
5
Folia Biologica
The permanent association of centromere and telomere heterochromatin has created a new gene linkage groups and reduced the chromosome number. For instance, in an ancestral species E. impar the constitutive heterochromatin is in the ...
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The Principles of Clinical Cytogenetics
Alpha-satellite DNA is a repeat of a 171-basepair sequence organized in a tandem array of up to a million basepairs or more in total length. Alpha-satellite DNA is generally not transcribed and is located in the heterochromatin associated with ...
Steven Gersen, Martha B. Keagle, 2008
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THE HUMAN GENOME: A User's Guide
If we look at different cell types or cells in different metabolic states we will see some changes to this pattern, since some areas of constitutive heterochromatin contain genes but will stain as if gene-poor if those genes are not being used.
R. Scott Hawley, Catherine A. Mori, 2010
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Color Atlas of Genetics
These relate to the overall activity of genes: euchromatin to active genes, heterochromatin to inactive genes. A. A histone-free chromosome under the electron microscope When histone proteins are removed from chromosomes, the DNA ...
Eberhard Passarge, 2011
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Cells
Heterochromatin propagates from a nucleation event Key concepts • Heterochromatin is nucleated at a specific sequence and the inactive structure propagates along the chromatin fiber. • Genes within regions of heterochromatin are ...
Benjamin Lewin, 2007
10
Genes and Genomes
Microtus agrestis,136 appear to lack highly repetitive DNA in much of their heterochromatin, but instead have only moderately repetitive sequences. In no case is it possible to state that any block of heterochromatin contains exclusively one ...
R.S. Verma, 1998

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «HETEROCHROMATIN»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term heterochromatin is used in the context of the following news items.
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Search for common targets of lithium and valproic acid identifies …
On the other hand, 3Me-K27-H3 is a modification associated with heterochromatin, or 'closed' histone conformation, and promotes gene ... «Nature.com, Jul 15»
2
The Nuclear DNA Sensor IFI16 Acts as a Restriction Factor for …
We also provide evidence that IFI16 promotes the addition of heterochromatin marks and the reduction of euchromatin marks on viral chromatin ... «Journal of Virology, Jul 15»
3
Q&A: How evolutionary biologists got lucky with a sperm discovery
We are evolutionary biologists by training, and we are interested in one type of chromatin known as heterochromatin which evolves very rapidly ... «Fred Hutch News Service, Jul 15»
4
Human Disease Epigenomics 2.0
... Stasiek E, et al. Late-replicating heterochromatin is characterized by decreased cytosine methylation in the human genome. Genome Res. «PLoS Blogs, Jul 15»
5
HIPK2 restricts SIRT1 activity upon severe DNA damage by a …
... Tempst P, Serrano L, Reinberg D. SIRT1 regulates the histone methyl-transferase SUV39H1 during heterochromatin formation. Nature 2007 ... «Nature.com, Jun 15»
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[Report] Epigenetic silencing by the HUSH complex mediates …
... melanogaster for modifiers of position-effect variegation have revealed the basis of much of our understanding of heterochromatin. We took ... «Military Technologies, Jun 15»
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[Perspective] A HUSH for transgene expression
(2) determine that a protein complex silences extra genes that are inserted into heterochromatin, regions of compacted DNA. This represents a ... «Military Technologies, Jun 15»
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This Week in Science
By adapting a forward genetic screening approach for finding heterochromatin regulators in fruit flies, the team was able to search haploid ... «GenomeWeb, May 15»
9
The Aurora A-HP1γ pathway regulates gene expression and mitosis …
HP1α and HP1β are mostly associated with transcriptionally inactive heterochromatin, whereas HP1γ is observed in both heterochromatin and ... «BMC Blogs Network, May 15»
10
Heterochromatin and human aging
The molecular events that lead to human aging are poorly understood. Werner syndrome, which is characterized by premature aging, is caused ... «Nature.com, May 15»

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