| Name: | neural crest |
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| Definition: | A cell population arising from the dorsolateral aspect of the central nervous system primordium during the segmentation period, and later migrating along stereotyped pathways to give rise to a diverse and well-defined set of cell types including pigment cells, peripheral neurons and glia, and head cartilage. |
| Ontology: | Anatomy Ontology [ZFA:0000045] |
| Name: | chromatin remodeling |
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| Synonyms: | ATP-dependent chromatin remodeling, ATP-dependent chromatin remodelling, chromatin modeling, chromatin modelling, chromatin remodelling |
| Definition: | 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. |
| Ontology: | GO: Biological Process [GO:0006338] QuickGO AmiGO |