Medical Definition of Chromocentre

1. Condensed heterochromatic region of a chromosome that stains particularly strongly although in the polytene chromosomes of Drosophila the chromocentre is of under replicated heterochromatin and stains lightly. This entry appears with permission from the Dictionary of Cell and Molecular Biology (11 Mar 2008)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Chromocentre

chromize
chromized
chromizes
chromizing
chromo-
chromobacterium
chromobindin
chromoblast
chromoblastomycosis
chromoblasts
chromocene
chromocenes
chromocenter
chromocenters
chromocentre (current term)
chromocystoscopy
chromocyte
chromocytes
chromodomain
chromodomains
chromodynamic
chromodynamical
chromodynamics
chromoelectric
chromogen
chromogenesis
chromogenic
chromogenic compounds
chromogenic label

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