chromatin
pronunciation
How to pronounce chromatin in British English:
UK ['krəʊmətɪn]
How to pronounce chromatin in American English:
US ['kroʊmətɪn]
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- Noun:
- the readily stainable substance of a cell nucleus consisting of DNA and RNA and various proteins; during mitotic division the chromatin condenses into chromosomes
Word Origin
- chromatin (n.)
- protoplasm in cell nuclei, 1882, from German, coined 1879 by German anatomist Walther Flemming (1843-1905), from Latinized form of Greek khromat-, the correct combinational form of khroma "color" (see chroma) + chemical suffix -in (2). Related: Chromatid. Compare chromosome.
Example
- 1. The effect of overtraining on human sperm chromatin structure .
- 2. The nucleosome is the fundamental repeating unit of eukaryotic chromatin .
- 3. Abnormal chromatin clumping in leukocytes syndrome .
- 4. Dynamic changes of germinal vesicle chromatin configuration and transcriptional activity during maturation of rabbit follicles .
- 5. One is chip sequencing which gives researchers access to the mysterious and essential chromatin the complex protein machinery that both packages the dna of the genome and controls access to it .