Term Information

Accession
GO:0030261
Name
chromosome condensation
Ontology
biological_process
Synonyms
eukaryotic chromosome condensation, nuclear chromosome condensation, DNA condensation
Alternate IDs
GO:0000068
Definition
The progressive compaction of dispersed interphase chromatin into threadlike chromosomes prior to mitotic or meiotic nuclear division, or during apoptosis, in eukaryotic cells. Source: GOC:mah, ISBN:0815316194
Comment
None
History
See term history for GO:0030261 at QuickGO
Subset
None
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Parents of chromosome condensation (GO:0030261)
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chromosome condensation [is_a relation] is_a  chromosome organization (GO:0051276)
Children of chromosome condensation (GO:0030261)
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positive regulation of chromosome condensation (GO:1905821) [RO:0002213 relation] RO:0002213  chromosome condensation
rDNA chromatin condensation (GO:0070550) [is_a relation] is_a  chromosome condensation
meiotic chromosome condensation (GO:0010032) [is_a relation] is_a  chromosome condensation
regulation of chromosome condensation (GO:0060623) [RO:0002211 relation] RO:0002211  chromosome condensation
negative regulation of chromosome condensation (GO:1902340) [RO:0002212 relation] RO:0002212  chromosome condensation
mitotic chromosome condensation (GO:0007076) [is_a relation] is_a  chromosome condensation
apoptotic chromosome condensation (GO:0030263) [is_a relation] is_a  chromosome condensation
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