formation of extrachromosomal circular DNA

id: GO:0001325
name: formation of extrachromosomal circular DNA
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.

Child Functions

idname
GO:0001313formation of extrachromosomal circular DNA involved in replicative cell aging

Parent Functions

idname
GO:0006259DNA metabolic process
GO:0071844cellular component assembly at cellular level