FB2026_02 , released June 18, 2026

CV Term Report

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General Information

Term

chromatin looping

ID (Ontology)

GO:0140588 (Gene Ontology)

Definition

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.[ PubMed:32213323 ]

Also Known As

"chromatin loop assembly" ; "DNA loop extrusion"

Comment

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Annotations

Records annotated with this term OR any of its CHILD TERMS

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Direct annotations: records annotated with this exact term (child terms are NOT included)

Data Class	Field	Direct annotations
Genes (FBgn)	GO_BIOLOGICAL_PROCESS

Full annotation statements including this term (annotations to child terms are NOT included), and relevant FlyBase records

Full annotation statements	Relevant FlyBase reports
Full annotation statements	Genes
chromatin looping (all annotations which use CV term, excluding "NOT" statements)
involved_in \| chromatin looping

Spanning Tree (Parents/Children)

  cellular component organization
   |__chromatin organization
       |__chromatin looping  4 rec.

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Relationships
Is a	chromatin organization
Part of
Synonyms & Secondary IDs
Synonyms
	"chromatin folding" RELATED "chromatin loop assembly" EXACT "DNA loop extrusion" EXACT "DNA looping" BROAD
Secondary IDs

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