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MeSH Heading: Minisatellite Repeats
Tree Number(s): G02.111.570.080.708.800.550; G05.360.080.708.800.550; G05.360.340.024.850.550
Unique ID: D018598
RDF Unique Identifier: http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D018598
Scope Note: Tandem arrays of moderately repetitive, short (10-60 bases) DNA sequences which are found dispersed throughout the GENOME, at the ends of chromosomes (TELOMERES), and clustered near telomeres. Their degree of repetition is two to several hundred at each locus. Loci number in the thousands but each locus shows a distinctive repeat unit.
Entry Term(s): Minisatellite; Minisatellite Repeat; Minisatellites; VNTR Loci; VNTR Region; VNTR Sequence; VNTR Sequences; Variable Number Of Tandem Repeat; Variable Number Tandem Repeat; Variable Number Tandem Repeats; Variable Number of Tandem Repeats; Variable Tandem Repeat; Variable Tandem Repeats
Previous Indexing: Repetitive Sequences, Nucleic Acid (1985-1994)
See Also: DNA Fingerprinting
Public MeSH Note: 1997; see VARIABLE NUMBER OF TANDEM REPEATS 1995-1996
History Note: 1997(1995)
Date Established: 1995/01/01
Date of Entry: 1994/06/01
Revision Date: 2021/06/30

Allowable Qualifiers: drug effects (DE)

genetics (GE)

immunology (IM)

physiology (PH)

radiation effects (RE)

Concept UI: M0027878
Scope Note: Tandem arrays of moderately repetitive, short (10-60 bases) DNA sequences which are found dispersed throughout the GENOME, at the ends of chromosomes (TELOMERES), and clustered near telomeres. Their degree of repetition is two to several hundred at each locus. Loci number in the thousands but each locus shows a distinctive repeat unit.
Terms: Minisatellite Repeats Preferred Term
Term UI T055356
Date01/01/1999
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (1995); Minisatellite Repeat
Term UI T000997961
Date11/19/2019
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2021); Minisatellite
Term UI T000997962
Date11/19/2019
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2021); Minisatellites
Term UI T055355
Date02/29/1996
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (1997)

Concept UI: M0555159
Terms: Variable Number of Tandem Repeats Preferred Term
Term UI T055350
Date02/29/1996
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (1997); VNTR Sequence
Term UI T000997963
Date11/19/2019
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2021); Variable Tandem Repeat
Term UI T000997964
Date11/19/2019
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2021); Variable Number Tandem Repeats
Term UI T785441
Date02/08/2011
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2012); Variable Tandem Repeats
Term UI T055352
Date12/16/1993
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (1995); VNTR Loci
Term UI T055349
Date05/09/1994
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (1995); VNTR Region
Term UI T055351
Date05/09/1994
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (1995); VNTR Sequences
Term UI T055353
Date05/09/1994
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (1995); Variable Number Of Tandem Repeat
Term UI T000997960
Date11/19/2019
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2021); Variable Number Tandem Repeat
Term UI T001084928
Date07/16/2020
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2022)

Minisatellite Repeats MeSH Descriptor Data 2025