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Category:GO:0140588 ! chromatin looping
name: chromatin looping
namespace: biological_process
def: "A chromatin organization process that starts with the loading of an extrusion motor (by an SMC family complex) onto the chromatin, followed by chromatin extrusion that stops at loop anchoring sites on the chromosome." [PMID:32213323]
comment: To describe the molecular function associated with chromatin looping, consider 'chromatin extrusion motor activity'; GO:0140584.
synonym: "chromatin folding" RELATED []
synonym: "chromatin loop assembly" EXACT []
synonym: "DNA loop extrusion" EXACT []
synonym: "DNA looping" BROAD []
is_a: GO:0006325 ! chromatin organization
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<GOterm>GO:0140588</GOterm>
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