chromosomal position effects

Preferred Label : chromosomal position effects;

MeSH definition : The effects on gene expression that depend on the location of a gene with respect to its neighboring genes and region of chromosome. Stable position effects are sequence dependent. Variegated position effects depend on whether the gene is located in or adjacent to HETEROCHROMATIN or EUCHROMATIN.;

MeSH synonym : chromosomal position effect; position effect, chromosomal; position effects, chromosomal;

MeSH hyponym : position effect variegation;

Wikipedia link : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Position effect variegation;

Details

Origin ID

D055012;

UMLS CUI

C2350240;

Allowable qualifiers
- drug effects [MeSH Qualifier]
- genetics [MeSH Qualifier]
- immunology [MeSH Qualifier]
- physiology [MeSH Qualifier]
- radiation effects [MeSH Qualifier]
Automatic exact mappings (from CISMeF team)
- establishment of chromosome localization [GO term]
Record concept(s)
- chromosomal position effects [MeSH concept]
- position effect variegation [MeSH concept]
Semantic type(s)
- Genetic Function [UMLS semantic type]

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