DNA fragmentation involved in apoptotic nuclear change

id: GO:0006309
name: DNA fragmentation involved in apoptotic nuclear change
namespace: biological_process
type: go
obsolete: False

Description: The cleavage of DNA during apoptosis, which usually occurs in two stages: cleavage into fragments of about 50 kbp followed by cleavage between nucleosomes to yield 200 bp fragments.

Parent Functions

idname
GO:0000737DNA catabolic process, endonucleolytic
GO:0090305nucleic acid phosphodiester bond hydrolysis