HyperDic: kinetochore

English > 1 sense of the word kinetochore:
NOUNbodykinetochore, centromerea specialized condensed region of each chromosome that appears during mitosis where the chromatids are held together to form an X shape
English > kinetochore: 1 sense > noun 1, body
MeaningA specialized condensed region of each chromosome that appears during mitosis where the chromatids are held together to form an X shape.
Synonymcentromere
Part ofchromosomeA threadlike strand of DNA in the cell nucleus that carries the genes in a linear order
Broaderstructure, anatomical structure, complex body part, bodily structure, body structureA particular complex anatomical part of a living thing
Spanishcentrómero, cinetocoro
Catalancentròmer, cinetocoro

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