Term Name: nucleoid
Synonyms:
Definition: The region of a virus, bacterial cell, mitochondrion or chloroplast to which the nucleic acid is confined.
Ontology: GO: Cellular Component [GO:0009295]   QuickGO   AmiGO

Relationships
has parts: single-stranded DNA-binding protein complex
is a type of: cellular anatomical entity
has subtype: bacterial nucleoid chloroplast nucleoid mitochondrial nucleoid plastid nucleoid proplastid nucleoid virion nucleoid
inverse occurs_in: nucleoid DNA packaging