Category:GO:0000775 ! chromosome, centromeric region

name: chromosome, centromeric region
namespace: cellular_component
alt_id: GO:0097521
def: "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." [GOC:cjm, GOC:elh, GOC:kmv, GOC:pr]
comment: Note that this term can be used in place of the obsolete cellular component term 'centromere ; GO:0005698'.
synonym: "centromere" RELATED []
synonym: "centromere complex" EXACT []
synonym: "chromosome, centric region" EXACT []
synonym: "chromosome, pericentric region" RELATED []
xref: SO:0000577
is_a: GO:0098687 ! chromosomal region

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