"DNA, Satellite" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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Highly repetitive DNA sequences found in HETEROCHROMATIN, mainly near centromeres. They are composed of simple sequences (very short) (see MINISATELLITE REPEATS) repeated in tandem many times to form large blocks of sequence. Additionally, following the accumulation of mutations, these blocks of repeats have been repeated in tandem themselves. The degree of repetition is on the order of 1000 to 10 million at each locus. Loci are few, usually one or two per chromosome. They were called satellites since in density gradients, they often sediment as distinct, satellite bands separate from the bulk of genomic DNA owing to a distinct BASE COMPOSITION.
| Descriptor ID |
D004276
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| MeSH Number(s) |
D13.444.308.480 G02.111.570.080.708.800.150 G05.360.080.708.800.150 G05.360.340.024.220.150 G05.360.340.024.850.150
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| Concept/Terms |
DNA, Satellite- DNA, Satellite
- Satellite DNA
- DNAs, Satellite
- Satellite DNAs
Satellite I DNA- Satellite I DNA
- DNA, Satellite I
- DNAs, Satellite I
- I DNA, Satellite
- I DNAs, Satellite
- Satellite I DNAs
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Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more general than "DNA, Satellite".
- Chemicals and Drugs [D]
- Nucleic Acids, Nucleotides, and Nucleosides [D13]
- Nucleic Acids [D13.444]
- DNA [D13.444.308]
- DNA, Satellite [D13.444.308.480]
- Biological Sciences [G]
- Chemical Phenomena [G02]
- Biochemical Phenomena [G02.111]
- Molecular Structure [G02.111.570]
- Base Sequence [G02.111.570.080]
- Repetitive Sequences, Nucleic Acid [G02.111.570.080.708]
- Tandem Repeat Sequences [G02.111.570.080.708.800]
- DNA, Satellite [G02.111.570.080.708.800.150]
- Genetic Phenomena [G05]
- Genetic Structures [G05.360]
- Base Sequence [G05.360.080]
- Repetitive Sequences, Nucleic Acid [G05.360.080.708]
- Tandem Repeat Sequences [G05.360.080.708.800]
- DNA, Satellite [G05.360.080.708.800.150]
- Genome [G05.360.340]
- Genome Components [G05.360.340.024]
- DNA, Intergenic [G05.360.340.024.220]
- DNA, Satellite [G05.360.340.024.220.150]
- Tandem Repeat Sequences [G05.360.340.024.850]
- DNA, Satellite [G05.360.340.024.850.150]
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