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Category:GO:0005721 ! pericentric heterochromatin
name: pericentric heterochromatin
namespace: cellular_component
alt_id: GO:0002137
alt_id: GO:0031618
alt_id: GO:0034507
alt_id: GO:0062199
def: "Heterochromatin that is located adjacent to the CENP-A rich centromere 'central core' and characterized by methylated H3 histone at lysine 9 (H3K9me2/H3K9me3)." [PMID:12019236, PMID:20206496, PMID:21437270, PMID:22729156, PMID:9413993]
synonym: "centric heterochromatin" EXACT []
synonym: "centromeric heterochromatin" EXACT [GOC:dph]
synonym: "chromosome, centric outer repeat region" RELATED []
synonym: "chromosome, centromeric inner repeat region" RELATED []
synonym: "chromosome, centromeric outer repeat region" RELATED []
synonym: "nuclear centric heterochromatin" NARROW []
synonym: "nuclear cluster" NARROW []
synonym: "nuclear pericentric heterochromatin" NARROW []
is_a: GO:0000792 ! heterochromatin
relationship: part_of: GO:0000775 ! chromosome, centromeric region
intersection_of: GO:0000792 ! heterochromatin
intersection_of: part_of GO:0000775 ! chromosome, centromeric region
AmiGO
<GOterm>GO:0005721</GOterm>
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