Search Ontology:
GO: Cellular Component
pericentric heterochromatin
- Term ID
- GO:0005721
- Synonyms
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- centric heterochromatin
- centromeric heterochromatin
- chromosome, centric outer repeat region
- Definition
- Heterochromatin that is located adjacent to the CENP-A rich centromere 'central core' and characterized by methylated H3 histone at lysine 9 (H3K9me2/H3K9me3). (5)
- References
- Ontology
- GO: Cellular Component QuickGO AmiGO
Phenotype
Phenotype caused by Genes