sex chromatin — noun chromatin found only in female cells the presence or absence of sex chromatin in cells obtained by amniocentesis makes it possible to determine the sex of a fetus • Hypernyms: ↑chromatin, ↑chromatin granule … Useful english dictionary
endosome — A more or less central body in the vesicular nucleus of certain Feulgen negative (DNA ) protozoa ( e.g., trypanosomes, parasitic amebae, and phytoflagellates), with the chromatin (DNA+) lying between the nuclear membrane and the e.. Cf.:nucleolus … Medical dictionary
body substance — noun the substance of the body • Hypernyms: ↑substance • Hyponyms: ↑solid body substance, ↑liquid body substance, ↑bodily fluid, ↑body fluid, ↑humor, ↑humour, ↑ … Useful english dictionary
cell nucleus — noun a part of the cell containing DNA and RNA and responsible for growth and reproduction • Syn: ↑nucleus, ↑karyon • Derivationally related forms: ↑nucleate (for: ↑nucleus) • Hypernyms: ↑ … Useful english dictionary
karyon — noun a part of the cell containing DNA and RNA and responsible for growth and reproduction • Syn: ↑nucleus, ↑cell nucleus • Derivationally related forms: ↑nucleate (for: ↑nucleus) • Hypernyms: ↑ … Useful english dictionary
CGAT — Canadian Genome and Technology [program]; chromatin granule amine transformer; Constitutional Genetic Array Test … Medical dictionary
CGAT — • Canadian Genome and Technology [program]; • chromatin granule amine transformer; • Constitutional Genetic Array Test … Dictionary of medical acronyms & abbreviations
Cell — The basic structural and functional unit in people and all living things. Each cell is a small container of chemicals and water wrapped in a membrane. Each cell in the human body there are 100 trillion cells in each of us contains the entire… … Medical dictionary
Cell nucleus — HeLa cells stained for the cell nucleus DNA with the Blue Hoechst dye. The central and rightmost cell are in interphase, thus their entire nuclei are labeled. On the left, a cell is going through mitosis and its DNA has condensed ready for… … Wikipedia
Serpin — Serpins are a group of proteins with similar structures that were first identified as a set of proteins able to inhibit proteases. The name serpin is derived from this activity serine protease inhibitors. [cite journal |author=R. Carrell and J.… … Wikipedia