Term Name: chromosome organization
Synonyms: chromosome organisation, chromosome organization and biogenesis, DNA packaging, maintenance of genome integrity, nuclear genome maintenance
Definition: A process that is carried out at the cellular level that results in the assembly, arrangement of constituent parts, or disassembly of chromosomes, structures composed of a very long molecule of DNA and associated proteins that carries hereditary information. This term covers covalent modifications at the molecular level as well as spatial relationships among the major components of a chromosome.
Ontology: GO: Biological Process [GO:0051276]    QuickGO    AmiGO

Relationships
is a type of: organelle organization
has subtype: bacterial nucleoid DNA packaging broken chromosome clustering centromere complex assembly chromosome condensation chromosome organization involved in meiotic cell cycle DNA conformation change kinetochore organization maintenance of DNA repeat elements mitochondrial chromosome packaging nucleotide-excision repair, DNA damage recognition plastid chromosome packaging polytene chromosome puffing sister chromatid cohesion sister chromatid segregation synaptonemal complex organization telomere organization transcription-dependent tethering of RNA polymerase II gene DNA at nuclear periphery tRNA gene clustering
negatively regulated by: negative regulation of chromosome organization
positively regulated by: positive regulation of chromosome organization
regulated by: regulation of chromosome organization