Term Details for "chromosome, centromeric region" (GO:0000775) (original) (raw)

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

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Subset

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