Term Information

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
Feedback
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Parents of polytene chromosome puffing (GO:0035079)
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polytene chromosome puffing [is_a relation] is_a  chromosome organization (GO:0051276)
Children of polytene chromosome puffing (GO:0035079)
subject[Reorder by subject] relation[Reorder by relation] object[Reorder by object]
heat shock-mediated polytene chromosome puffing (GO:0035080) [is_a relation] is_a  polytene chromosome puffing
ecdysone-mediated polytene chromosome puffing (GO:0035077) [is_a relation] is_a  polytene chromosome puffing
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