Micronucleus, Germline

"Micronucleus, Germline" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus, MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure, which enables searching at various levels of specificity.

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The smaller, reproductive, transcriptionally inert nucleus in the cells of ciliate protozoans, as distinguished from the larger, vegetative, transcriptionally active MACRONUCLEUS. Micronuclei participate in MEIOSIS and autogamy during GENETIC CONJUGATION.

Descriptor ID

D048631

MeSH Number(s)

A11.284.430.106.575

A11.284.430.214.190.875.117.575

Concept/Terms

Micronucleus, Germline

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Anatomy [A]
Cells [A11]
Cellular Structures [A11.284]
Intracellular Space [A11.284.430]
Cell Nucleus [A11.284.430.106]
Micronucleus, Germline [A11.284.430.106.575]
Cytoplasm [A11.284.430.214]
Cytoplasmic Structures [A11.284.430.214.190]
Organelles [A11.284.430.214.190.875]
Cell Nucleus [A11.284.430.214.190.875.117]
Micronucleus, Germline [A11.284.430.214.190.875.117.575]

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Bar chart showing 3 publications over 3 distinct years, with a maximum of 1 publications in 2004 and 2006 and 2009

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Year	Major Topic	Minor Topic	Total
2004	0	1	1
2006	1	0	1
2009	0	1	1

Below are the most recent publications written about "Micronucleus, Germline" by people in Profiles.

Papazyan R, Voronina E, Chapman JR, Luperchio TR, Gilbert TM, Meier E, Mackintosh SG, Shabanowitz J, Tackett AJ, Reddy KL, Coyne RS, Hunt DF, Liu Y, Taverna SD. Methylation of histone H3K23 blocks DNA damage in pericentric heterochromatin during meiosis. Elife. 2014 Aug 26; 3:e02996.

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Nowacki M, Higgins BP, Maquilan GM, Swart EC, Doak TG, Landweber LF. A functional role for transposases in a large eukaryotic genome. Science. 2009 May 15; 324(5929):935-8.

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Coyne RS, Thiagarajan M, Jones KM, Wortman JR, Tallon LJ, Haas BJ, Cassidy-Hanley DM, Wiley EA, Smith JJ, Collins K, Lee SR, Couvillion MT, Liu Y, Garg J, Pearlman RE, Hamilton EP, Orias E, Eisen JA, Methé BA. Refined annotation and assembly of the Tetrahymena thermophila genome sequence through EST analysis, comparative genomic hybridization, and targeted gap closure. BMC Genomics. 2008 Nov 26; 9:562.

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Inaoka H, Fukuoka Y, Kohane IS. Lower expression of genes near microRNA in C. elegans germline. BMC Bioinformatics. 2006 Mar 06; 7:112.

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Cassidy-Hanley D, Bisharyan Y, Fridman V, Gerber J, Lin C, Orias E, Orias JD, Ryder H, Vong L, Hamilton EP. Genome-wide characterization of Tetrahymena thermophila chromosome breakage sites. II. Physical and genetic mapping. Genetics. 2005 Aug; 170(4):1623-31.

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Fillingham JS, Thing TA, Vythilingum N, Keuroghlian A, Bruno D, Golding GB, Pearlman RE. A non-long terminal repeat retrotransposon family is restricted to the germ line micronucleus of the ciliated protozoan Tetrahymena thermophila. Eukaryot Cell. 2004 Feb; 3(1):157-69.

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