x chromosome inactivation

Preferred Label : x chromosome inactivation;

MeSH definition : A dosage compensation process occurring at an early embryonic stage in mammalian development whereby, at random, one X CHROMOSOME of the pair is repressed in the somatic cells of females.;

MeSH synonym : chromosome inactivation, x; inactivation, x; inactivation, x chromosome; lyonization; x inactivation; x inactivations; x-inactivation;

Related MeSH term : lyon hypothesis; Hypothesis, Lyon;

Details

Origin ID

D049951;

UMLS CUI

C0043297;

Allowable qualifiers
- drug effects [MeSH Qualifier]
- ethics [MeSH Qualifier]
- genetics [MeSH Qualifier]
- immunology [MeSH Qualifier]
- physiology [MeSH Qualifier]
- radiation effects [MeSH Qualifier]
Automatic exact mappings (from CISMeF team)
- Inactive (qualifier value) [SNOMED CT concept]
- Inactive problem (qualifier value) [SNOMED CT concept]
- Lyonia (organism) [SNOMED CT concept]
- dosage compensation by inactivation of X chromosome [GO term]
Currated CISMeF NLP mapping
- X chromosome inactivation [LOINC component]
- X-Chromosome Inactivation [NCIt concept]
Indexing information
- XIST non-coding RNA [MeSH Supplementary Concept]
Record concept(s)
- X chromosome inactivation [MeSH concept]
- lyon hypothesis [MeSH concept]
Related MeSH Supplementary Concept(s)
- X inactivation, familial skewed, 1 [MeSH Supplementary Concept]
- X inactivation, familial skewed, 2 [MeSH Supplementary Concept]
Semantic type(s)
- Genetic Function [UMLS semantic type]
UMLS correspondences (same concept)
- X-Chromosome Inactivation [NCIt concept]
- dosage compensation by inactivation of X chromosome [GO term]

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