Cell or Molecular Dysfunction
chromosome inversion
[ kroh-muh-sohm in-vur-zhuhn, -shuhn ]
Subclass of:
Chromosome Aberrations;
Sequence Inversion
Definitions related to chromosome inversion:
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An aberration in which a chromosomal segment is deleted and reinserted in the same place but turned 180 degrees from its original orientation, so that the gene sequence for the segment is reversed with respect to that of the rest of the chromosome.NLM Medical Subject HeadingsU.S. National Library of Medicine, 2021
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Chromosomal change in which a segment has been rotated by 180 degrees relative to the regions on either side and reinserted.CRISP ThesaurusNational Institutes of Health, 2006
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(chromosomal inversion) A type of chromosome rearrangement in which a segment has been turned through 180 degrees (inverted), and inserted back into its original location on the chromosome.NCI ThesaurusU.S. National Cancer Institute, 2021
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