Euchromatin (also called "open chromatin") is a lightly packed form of chromatin (DNA, RNA, and protein) that is enriched in genes, and is often (but...

varieties: euchromatin and heterochromatin. Originally, the two forms were distinguished cytologically by how intensely they get stained – the euchromatin is...

actively-transcribed DNA (euchromatin) or packaged DNA (heterochromatin). They appear differently upon staining (for example, euchromatin appears white and heterochromatin...

therefore more accessible. Euchromatin modifications are also common which is also consistent with the state of euchromatin found in ESCs. Due to their...

nanometer fibre which may further condense up to 30 nm fibres Most of the euchromatin in interphase nuclei appears to be in the form of 30-nm fibers. Chromatin...

acetylation is linked to transcriptional activation and associated with euchromatin. Euchromatin, which is less densely compact, allows transcription factors to...

Heterochromatin vs. euchromatin...

instead in the mitochondria.: 438  There are two types of chromatin. Euchromatin is the less compact DNA form, and contains genes that are frequently...

forming nucleosomes and the so-called beads on a string structure (euchromatin). Multiple histones wrap into a 30-nanometer fiber consisting of nucleosome...

GC content is usually less condensed, that is, it tends to appear as euchromatin rather than heterochromatin. GC rich DNA tends to contain more coding...

inverted rods have heterochromatin in the center of their nuclei and euchromatin and other transcription factors along the border. In addition, the outer...

and transcription to take place. Active chromatin may also be called euchromatin. ACSs may occur in non-expressed gene regions which are assumed to be...

in the nucleus, in discrete sites called transcription factories or euchromatin. Such sites can be visualized by allowing engaged polymerases to extend...

chromosomes Basic concepts Karyotype Ploidy Genetic material/Genome Chromatin Euchromatin Heterochromatin Chromosome Chromatid Nucleosome Nuclear organization...

stain more darkly in G-banding. In contrast, less condensed chromatin (Euchromatin)—which tends to be rich with guanine and cytosine (GC-rich) and more...

chromosomes Basic concepts Karyotype Ploidy Genetic material/Genome Chromatin Euchromatin Heterochromatin Chromosome Chromatid Nucleosome Nuclear organization...

heterochromatin migrates to the center of the nucleus and displaces euchromatin and facultative heterochromatin to regions at the edge of the nucleus...

and open histone conformation, euchromatin, or a tight and closed histone conformation, heterochromatin. Euchromatin marks active transcription and gene...

with genome-wide centromere-specific repeat arrays interspersed among euchromatin". Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States...

High-grade carcinoma typically displays more pleomorphism, multiple mitoses, euchromatin and relatively prominent nucleoli, and uneven distribution of nuclei...

bound and usually, but not always, transcriptionally active, called euchromatin. The epigenetic processes of histone methylation and acetylation, and...

SE (2002). "The transposable elements of the Drosophila melanogaster euchromatin: a genomics perspective". Genome Biology. 3 (12): RESEARCH0084. doi:10...

other two stop codons are named amber and ochre. open chromatin See euchromatin. open reading frame (ORF) The part of a reading frame that has the ability...

Translocation of the activated chromosome fragment from under membrane region to euchromatin where transcription starts. This movement requires the interaction of...

access to DNA with significant impacts on the expression of genes in euchromatin and heterochromatin areas. Gene expression in mammals is regulated by...

HDAC activity. Relaxed, transcriptionally active DNA is referred to as euchromatin. More condensed (tightly packed) DNA is referred to as heterochromatin...

alignments. The X chromosome is notably larger and has a more active euchromatin region than its Y chromosome counterpart. Further comparison of the X...

are more specifically defined to represent the gene-dense regions of euchromatin, while type B compartments represent heterochromatic regions with less...

Retrieved 3 February 2017. Kleefstra, T (2005). "Disruption of the gene Euchromatin Histone Methyl Transferase1 (Eu-HMTase1) is associated with the 9q34...

single nucleosome level, gene repression by heterochromatization of euchromatin, and DNA repair. HP1 proteins are fundamental units of heterochromatin...