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Category:GO:0036224 ! pairing center
name: pairing center
namespace: cellular_component
def: "A special chromosome region located towards one end of a chromosome that contains dispersed copies of short, repetitive DNA sequences and functions as a cis-acting element essential for presynaptic homologous chromosome pairing and chromosome-nuclear envelope attachment." [GOC:kmv, PMID:18597662]
synonym: "homolog recognition region" EXACT [GOC:kmv]
is_a: GO:0110165 ! cellular anatomical structure
relationship: part_of: GO:0000794 ! condensed nuclear chromosome
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<GOterm>GO:0036224</GOterm>
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