Term Name: chromatin
Synonyms: chromosome scaffold, cytoplasmic chromatin, nuclear chromatin
Definition: The ordered and organized complex of DNA, protein, and sometimes RNA, that forms the chromosome.
Ontology: GO: Cellular Component [GO:0000785]   QuickGO   AmiGO

Relationships
is part of: chromosome
has parts: ASTRA complex Clr6 histone deacetylase complex I'' dosage compensation complex FACT complex HDA1 complex nucleolar chromatin nucleosome perichromatin fibrils Rpd3L-Expanded complex Set3 complex Sin3-type complex Snt2C complex SWI/SNF superfamily-type complex Swi5-Sfr1 complex Swi5-Swi2 complex
is a type of: cellular anatomical entity
has subtype: CENP-A containing chromatin euchromatin heterochromatin transcriptionally active chromatin transcriptionally silent chromatin
inverse occurs_in: DNA-binding transcription factor activity, RNA polymerase II-specific DNA-binding transcription repressor activity, RNA polymerase III-specific RNA polymerase I activity RNA polymerase II activity RNA polymerase III activity RNA polymerase IV activity RNA polymerase V activity structural constituent of chromatin