CENP-A containing chromatin assembly

Term ID

GO:0034080

Synonyms

• CenH3-containing nucleosome assembly at centromere
• CENP-A containing chromatin organization
• CENP-A containing nucleosome assembly
• CENP-A containing nucleosome assembly at centromere
• CENP-A deposition
• CENP-A loading
• centromere specific nucleosome exchange
• centromere-specific histone exchange
• centromeric chromatin organization
• centromeric DNA replication-independent nucleosome assembly
• DNA replication-independent nucleosome assembly at centromere

Definition

The formation of chromatin containing the histone H3 variant CENP-A to form centromeric chromatin. This specialised chromatin occurs at centromeric region in point centromeres, and the central core in modular centromeres. (3)

References

Ontology

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