AmiGO 2: Term Details for "chromosome condensation" (GO:0030261)

Accession: GO:0030261
Name: chromosome condensation
Ontology: biological_process
Synonyms: eukaryotic chromosome condensation, nuclear chromosome condensation, DNA condensation
Alternate IDs: GO:0000068
Definition: The progressive compaction of dispersed interphase chromatin into threadlike chromosomes prior to mitotic or meiotic nuclear division, or during apoptosis, in eukaryotic cells. Source: GOC:mah, ISBN:0815316194
Comment: None
History: See term history for GO:0030261 at QuickGO
Chem. react.: None
Subset: None
Related: Link to all genes and gene products annotated to chromosome condensation (excluding "regulates").; Link to all direct and indirect annotations to chromosome condensation (excluding "regulates").; Link to all direct and indirect annotations download (limited to first 10,000) for chromosome condensation (excluding "regulates").

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subject	relation	object
chromosome condensation	is_a	chromosome organization (GO:0051276)

subject	relation	object
regulation of chromosome condensation (GO:0060623)	RO:0002211	chromosome condensation
positive regulation of chromosome condensation (GO:1905821)	RO:0002213	chromosome condensation
meiotic chromosome condensation (GO:0010032)	is_a	chromosome condensation
apoptotic chromosome condensation (GO:0030263)	is_a	chromosome condensation
condensin complex (GO:0000796)	RO:0002216	chromosome condensation
mitotic chromosome condensation (GO:0007076)	is_a	chromosome condensation
rDNA chromatin condensation (GO:0070550)	is_a	chromosome condensation
negative regulation of chromosome condensation (GO:1902340)	RO:0002212	chromosome condensation

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