euchromatinn.
/juːˈkrəʊmətɪn/ Cytology.
Euchromatic chromosome material.
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1932 Biol. Abstr. 6 347/1 Chromosomes are composed of sections of heterochromatin and of euchromatin attached end to end.
1942 Nature 17 Jan. 67/1 In the euchromatin the regions between the chromomeres contain globulin-type proteins.
1951 G. H. Bourne Cytol. & Cell Physiol. (ed. 2) v. 196 Probably there are many varieties of heterochromatin and euchromatin, constituting a continuous ‘spectrum’, to the two ends of which the terms heterochromatin and euchromatin are somewhat arbitrarily applied.
1960 C. D. Darlington & L. F. La Cour Handling of Chromosomes (ed. 3) 67 Heterochromatin is a part of the chromosome which is out of step with the major bulk of the euchromatin.
1961 Lancet 26 Aug. 463/1 The synthesis of desoxyribose nucleic acid in heterochromatin and in euchromatin.
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