extrachromosomal circular DNA accumulation involved in cell aging

id: GO:0007580
name: extrachromosomal circular DNA accumulation involved in cell aging
namespace: biological_process
type: go
obsolete: False

Description: Increase in abundance, as cells age, of circular DNA molecules that originate in the chromosome but are excised and circularized, often by intramolecular homologous recombination between direct tandem repeats, and replicated independently of chromosomal replication.

Child Functions

idname
GO:0001307extrachromosomal circular DNA accumulation involved in replicative cell aging

Parent Functions

idname
GO:0001301progressive alteration of chromatin involved in cell aging