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A dispersed and relatively uncompacted form of chromatin. The dispersed less dense form of chromatin in the interphase nucleus. It exists in at least two forms, a some being in the form of transcriptionally active chromatin which is the least condensed, while the rest is inactive euchromatin which is more condensed than active chromatin but less condensed than heterochromatin. Any constituent part of a chromosome, a structure composed of a very long molecule of DNA and associated proteins (e.g. histones) that carries hereditary information. The ordered and organized complex of DNA and protein that forms the chromosome.

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GO TERM SUMMARY
Name: euchromatin
Acc: GO:0000791
Aspect: Cellular Component
Desc: A dispersed and relatively uncompacted form of chromatin.
Proteins in PDR annotated with:
   This term: 19 [Search]
   Term or descendants: 33 [Search]


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INTERACTIVE GO GRAPH

GO:0000791 - euchromatin (interactive image map)
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