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Definition of Chromatin
1. Noun. The readily stainable substance of a cell nucleus consisting of DNA and RNA and various proteins; during mitotic division it condenses into chromosomes.
Generic synonyms: Body Substance
Group relationships: Cell Nucleus, Karyon, Nucleus, Chromosome
Specialized synonyms: Sex Chromatin
Derivative terms: Chromatinic
Definition of Chromatin
1. n. Tissue which is capable of being stained by dyes.
2. n. The deeply staining substance of the nucleus and chromosomes of cells, now supposed to be the physical basis of inheritance, and generally regarded as the same substance as the hypothetical idioplasm or germ plasm.
Definition of Chromatin
1. Noun. (biology) A complex of DNA, RNA and proteins within the cell nucleus out of which chromosomes condense during cell division. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Chromatin
1. [n -S]
Medical Definition of Chromatin
1. Stainable material of interphase nucleus consisting of nucleic acid and associated histone protein packed into nucleosomes. Euchromatin is loosely packed and accessible to RNA polymerases, whereas heterochromatin is highly condensed and probably transcriptionally inactive. This entry appears with permission from the Dictionary of Cell and Molecular Biology (11 Mar 2008)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Chromatin
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