nuclear euchromatin

id: GO:0005719
name: nuclear euchromatin
namespace: cellular_component
type: go
obsolete: False

Description: The dispersed less dense form of chromatin in the interphase nucleus. It exists in at least two forms, a some being in the form of transcriptionally active chromatin which is the least condensed, while the rest is inactive euchromatin which is more condensed than active chromatin but less condensed than heterochromatin.

Parent Functions

idname
GO:0000790nuclear chromatin
GO:0000791euchromatin