Planteome: Term Details for "polytene chromosome puffing" (GO:0035079)

Accession: GO:0035079
Name: polytene chromosome puffing
Ontology: biological_process
Synonyms: None
Alternate IDs: None
Definition: The decondensing (loosening) and swelling of the chromosomal sites of target genes on polytene chromosomes following response to a stimulus, to facilitate sudden bursts of transcriptional activity in response to transient environmental signals. Source: GOC:bf, PMID:12543962
Comment: None
History: See term history for GO:0035079 at QuickGO
Subset: None
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subject	relation	object
polytene chromosome puffing	is_a	chromosome organization (GO:0051276)

subject	relation	object
ecdysone-mediated polytene chromosome puffing (GO:0035077)	is_a	polytene chromosome puffing
heat shock-mediated polytene chromosome puffing (GO:0035080)	is_a	polytene chromosome puffing

polytene chromosome puffing