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Heterochromatin is an English word. Below you'll find 8 example sentences showing how it's used in practice.

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Heterochromatin in a sentence

Heterochromatin meaning

Heterochromatic tightly coiled chromosome material; believed to be genetically inactive

Using Heterochromatin

  • The main meaning on this page is: Heterochromatic tightly coiled chromosome material; believed to be genetically inactive
  • In the example corpus, heterochromatin often appears in combinations such as: facultative heterochromatin, constitutive heterochromatin, heterochromatin to.

Context around Heterochromatin

  • Average sentence length in these examples: 19.4 words
  • Position in the sentence: 2 start, 3 middle, 3 end
  • Sentence types: 8 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations

Often before:

facultative 2× constitutive 2× cause 1×

Often after:

primes 1× occurs 1× assembly 1×

Sentence patterns with Heterochromatin

These short patterns come directly from the example sentences and show how the word is often embedded:

as facultative heterochromatin and silenced 1× chromatin constitutive heterochromatin 1× of facultative heterochromatin is x 1× organisms constitutive heterochromatin occurs around 1× repeats or heterochromatin 1× silencing by heterochromatin primes fungal 1× site of heterochromatin assembly 1× transformed into heterochromatin to protect 1×

Sentence openings and endings

Common sentence openings:

an example of 1× epigenetic gene silencing 1× in most organisms 1× methylation of lysine 1× not all euchromatin 1× these regions contain 1×

Common sentence endings:

and near telomeres 1× chromatin constitutive heterochromatin 1× euchromatin and expressed 1× extremes of domains 1× not in use 1× of heterochromatin assembly 1×

Words around Heterochromatin

Just before it in the word index:

heterochromatic 2 heterocercal 2 heteroatoms 8 heteroatom 4 heteroaromatic 3 hetero 24

Just after it in the word index:

heterochromia 3 heterochronic 2 heterochrony 2 heterocycle 2 heterocyclic 17 heterodimeric 3

Similar in corpus frequency:

aaaaa 11 aaba 11 aafc 11 aaib 11 aalbers 11 aardvarks 11

Corpus analysis for Heterochromatin

  • In this selection, "heterochromatin" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 19.4 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around the word, facultative, constitutive, cause, primes, occurs and assembly stand out and add context to how "heterochromatin" is used.
  • Recognizable usage signals include as facultative heterochromatin and silenced and chromatin constitutive heterochromatin. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
  • By corpus frequency, "heterochromatin" sits close to words such as aaaaa, aaba and aafc, which helps place it inside the broader word index.

Example types with heterochromatin

The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:

Short example sentences

Epigenetic gene silencing by heterochromatin primes fungal resistance. (8 words)

In most organisms, constitutive heterochromatin occurs around the chromosome centromere and near telomeres. (13 words)

These two complexes localize in a siRNA -dependent manner on chromosomes, at the site of heterochromatin assembly. (17 words)

Longer example sentences

An example of facultative heterochromatin is X chromosome inactivation in female mammals: one X chromosome is packaged as facultative heterochromatin and silenced, while the other X chromosome is packaged as euchromatin and expressed. (33 words)

Not all euchromatin is necessarily transcribed, but in general that which is not is transformed into heterochromatin to protect the genes while they are not in use. (27 words)

These regions contain few genes, and it is unclear whether any significant phenotypic effect results from typical variation in repeats or heterochromatin. (22 words)

Example sentences (8)

An example of facultative heterochromatin is X chromosome inactivation in female mammals: one X chromosome is packaged as facultative heterochromatin and silenced, while the other X chromosome is packaged as euchromatin and expressed.

Epigenetic gene silencing by heterochromatin primes fungal resistance.

In most organisms, constitutive heterochromatin occurs around the chromosome centromere and near telomeres.

Methylation of lysine 9 of histone H3 has long been associated with constitutively transcriptionally silent chromatin (constitutive heterochromatin ).

Not all euchromatin is necessarily transcribed, but in general that which is not is transformed into heterochromatin to protect the genes while they are not in use.

These regions contain few genes, and it is unclear whether any significant phenotypic effect results from typical variation in repeats or heterochromatin.

These two complexes localize in a siRNA -dependent manner on chromosomes, at the site of heterochromatin assembly.

Variations cause heterochromatin to encroach on adjacent genes or recede from genes at the extremes of domains.

Common combinations with heterochromatin

These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:

Frequently asked questions

How do you use "heterochromatin" in a sentence?
An example: "An example of facultative heterochromatin is X chromosome inactivation in female mammals: one X chromosome is packaged as facultative heterochromatin and silenced, while the other X chromosome is packaged as euchromatin and expressed." This page contains 8 example sentences with the word "heterochromatin" from authentic English texts.
What does "heterochromatin" mean?
Heterochromatin means: Heterochromatic tightly coiled chromosome material; believed to be genetically inactive
How many example sentences with "heterochromatin" are there?
Voorbeeldzinnen.info contains 8 example sentences with "heterochromatin", drawn from a database of millions of English sentences.