AmiGO 2: Term Details for "heterochromatin organization" (GO:0070828)

Accession: GO:0070828
Name: heterochromatin organization
Ontology: biological_process
Synonyms: heterochromatin organisation
Alternate IDs: None
Definition: Any process that results in the specification, formation or maintenance of the physical structure of eukaryotic heterochromatin, a compact and highly condensed form of chromatin. Source: GOC:mah
Comment: None
History: See term history for GO:0070828 at QuickGO
Chem. react.: None
Subset: None
Related: Link to all genes and gene products annotated to heterochromatin organization (excluding "regulates").; Link to all direct and indirect annotations to heterochromatin organization (excluding "regulates").; Link to all direct and indirect annotations download (limited to first 10,000) for heterochromatin organization (excluding "regulates").

Include "regulates"
For more information, please see the ontology relation documentation.

subject	relation	object
heterochromatin organization	is_a	chromatin organization (GO:0006325)

subject	relation	object
positive regulation of heterochromatin organization (GO:0120263)	RO:0002213	heterochromatin organization
heterochromatin boundary formation (GO:0033696)	is_a	heterochromatin organization
negative regulation of heterochromatin organization (GO:0120262)	RO:0002212	heterochromatin organization
regulation of heterochromatin organization (GO:0120261)	RO:0002211	heterochromatin organization

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