Genetic Function
chromatin remodeling
[ kroh-muh-tin ree-mod-el-ing ]
Definitions related to chromatin remodeling:
  • Chromatin Remodeling involves alterations of the content or activity of DNA-binding and chromatin-associated proteins that affect the function and higher order conformational state of chromatin, as well as the activity of specific genes or functional DNA regions.
    NCI
    U.S. National Cancer Institute, 2021
  • A dynamic process of chromatin reorganization resulting in changes to chromatin structure. These changes allow DNA metabolic processes such as transcriptional regulation, DNA recombination, DNA repair, and DNA replication.
    Gene Ontology Dictionary
    Gene Ontology Consortium, 2021
  • The mechanisms involved with making the DNA in CHROMATIN more or less accessible to transcription machinery.
    NLM Medical Subject Headings
    U.S. National Library of Medicine, 2025
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