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Category:GO:0035079 ! polytene chromosome puffing
name: polytene chromosome puffing
namespace: biological_process
def: "The decondensing (loosening) and swelling of the chromosomal sites of target genes on polytene chromosomes following response to a stimulus, to facilitate sudden bursts of transcriptional activity in response to transient environmental signals." [GOC:bf, PMID:12543962]
is_a: GO:0051276 ! chromosome organization
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<GOterm>GO:0035079</GOterm>
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