formation of extrachromosomal circular DNA involved in replicative cell aging

id: GO:0001313
name: formation of extrachromosomal circular DNA involved in replicative cell aging
namespace: biological_process
type: go
obsolete: False

Description: Excision from the chromosome and circularization of a region of chromosomal DNA, generally, but not always, via homologous recombination between direct tandem repeats, in dividing cells as they age.

Child Functions

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GO:0001311formation of extrachromosomal circular rDNA by homologous recombination involved in replicative cell aging

Parent Functions

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GO:0001325formation of extrachromosomal circular DNA