Term Information

Accession
GO:0001740
Name
Barr body
Ontology
cellular_component
Synonyms
None
Alternate IDs
None
Definition
A structure found in a female mammalian cell containing an unpaired X chromosome that has become densely heterochromatic, silenced and localized at the nuclear periphery. Source: GOC:hjd, GOC:mr, NIF_Subcellular:sao1571698684
Comment
None
History
See term history for GO:0001740 at QuickGO
Subset
None
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Parents of Barr body (GO:0001740)
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Barr body [is_a relation] is_a  X chromosome (GO:0000805)
Barr body [is_a relation] is_a  nuclear chromosome (GO:0000228)
Barr body [BFO:0000051 relation] BFO:0000051  condensed chromatin of inactivated sex chromosome (GO:0098578)

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NIF_Subcellular
sao1571698684
Wikipedia
Barr_body