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Obsolete Term Information

Accession
GO:0035042
Name
obsolete fertilization, exchange of chromosomal proteins
Ontology
biological_process
Synonyms
sperm-specific histone exchange, sperm-specific histone replacement
Alternate IDs
None
Definition
OBSOLETE. Replacement of sperm-specific chromosomal proteins with somatic histones, to allow the paternal genome to acquire a nucleosomal chromatin organization compatible with nuclear activity. Source: PMID:11735001, GOC:bf
Comment
This term has been obsoleted because it represents a molecular function (histone chaperone activity) and a process (sperm DNA decondensation).
consider: GO:0140713
consider: GO:0035041
History
See term history for GO:0035042 at QuickGO
Subset
None
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