Term Information

Accession
GO:0000775
Name
chromosome, centromeric region
Ontology
cellular_component
Synonyms
centromere complex, chromosome, centric region, centromere, chromosome, pericentric region
Alternate IDs
GO:0097521
Definition
The region of a chromosome that includes the centromeric DNA and associated proteins. In monocentric chromosomes, this region corresponds to a single area of the chromosome, whereas in holocentric chromosomes, it is evenly distributed along the chromosome. Source: GOC:pr, GOC:elh, GOC:kmv, GOC:cjm
Comment
Note that this term can be used in place of the obsolete cellular component term 'centromere ; GO:0005698'.
History
See term history for GO:0000775 at QuickGO
Subset
None
Feedback
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Parents of chromosome, centromeric region (GO:0000775)
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chromosome, centromeric region [is_a relation] is_a  chromosomal region (GO:0098687)
Children of chromosome, centromeric region (GO:0000775)
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pericentric heterochromatin (GO:0005721) [BFO:0000050 relation] BFO:0000050  chromosome, centromeric region
CENP-T-W-S-X complex (GO:0061838) [BFO:0000050 relation] BFO:0000050  chromosome, centromeric region
condensed chromosome, centromeric region (GO:0000779) [is_a relation] is_a  chromosome, centromeric region
chromosome, centromeric core domain (GO:0034506) [BFO:0000050 relation] BFO:0000050  chromosome, centromeric region
CBF3 complex (GO:0031518) [BFO:0000050 relation] BFO:0000050  chromosome, centromeric region
SO
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