Category:GO:0000785 ! chromatin

name: chromatin
namespace: cellular_component
alt_id: GO:0000789
alt_id: GO:0000790
alt_id: GO:0005717
def: "The ordered and organized complex of DNA, protein, and sometimes RNA, that forms the chromosome." [GOC:elh, PMID:20404130]
comment: Chromosomes include parts that are not part of the chromatin. Examples include the kinetochore.
synonym: "chromosome scaffold" RELATED []
synonym: "cytoplasmic chromatin" NARROW []
synonym: "nuclear chromatin" NARROW []
xref: NIF_Subcellular:sao1615953555
is_a: GO:0032993 ! protein-DNA complex
relationship: part_of: GO:0005694 ! chromosome

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