AmiGO 2: Term Details for "pairing center" (GO:0036224)

Accession: GO:0036224
Name: pairing center
Ontology: cellular_component
Synonyms: homolog recognition region
Alternate IDs: None
Definition: A special chromosome region located towards one end of a chromosome that contains dispersed copies of short, repetitive DNA sequences and functions as a cis-acting element essential for presynaptic homologous chromosome pairing and chromosome-nuclear envelope attachment. Source: GOC:kmv, PMID:18597662
Comment: None
History: See term history for GO:0036224 at QuickGO
Chem. react.: None
Subset: None
Related: Link to all genes and gene products annotated to pairing center (excluding "regulates").; Link to all direct and indirect annotations to pairing center (excluding "regulates").; Link to all direct and indirect annotations download (limited to first 10,000) for pairing center (excluding "regulates").

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subject	relation	object
pairing center	is_a	cellular anatomical entity (GO:0110165)
pairing center	BFO:0000050	condensed nuclear chromosome (GO:0000794)
pairing center	RO:0002162	Eukaryota (NCBITaxon:2759)

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