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A compact and highly condensed form of chromatin. The ordered and organized complex of DNA and protein that forms the chromosome in the nucleus. A condensed form of chromatin, occurring in the nucleus during interphase, that stains strongly with basophilic dyes. The DNA of heterochromatin is typically replicated at a later stage in the cell-division cycle than euchromatin. A region of heterochromatin located near the centromere of a chromosome. A region of heterochromatin located near the centromere of a chromosome in the nucleus. Discrete hetero-chromatin-containing foci in interphase nuclei, which comprise clusters of centromeric DNA (as defined by gamma-satellite sequences and the abundance of heterochromatin protein 1 (HP-1) . The region of a chromosome that includes the centromeric DNA and associated proteins. In monocentric chromosomes, this region corresponds to a single area of the chromosome, whereas in holocentric chromosomes, it is evenly distributed along the chromosome.

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GO TERM SUMMARY
Name: nuclear centromeric heterochromatin
Acc: GO:0031618
Aspect: Cellular Component
Desc: A region of heterochromatin located near the centromere of a chromosome in the nucleus.
Synonyms:
  • nuclear centric heterochromatin
Proteins in PDR annotated with:
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INTERACTIVE GO GRAPH

GO:0031618 - nuclear centromeric heterochromatin (interactive image map)
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