Phenotype ontology term - FYPO:0008151 - decreased nucleosome occupancy at centromeric heterochromatin

Term summary

ID

FYPO:0008151

Name

decreased nucleosome occupancy at centromeric heterochromatin

Ontology or CV name

Phenotype

Definition

A cellular process phenotype observed in the vegetative growth phase of the life cycle in which nucleosome occupancy is lower than normal in the pericentromeres. Nucleosome occupancy measures the tendency for DNA in a given region to be packaged into nucleosomes.

Parents

• is_a abnormal nucleosome positioning in heterochromatin
• is_a decreased nucleosome occupancy

Annotation