ecdysone-mediated polytene chromosome puffing

id: GO:0035077
name: ecdysone-mediated polytene chromosome puffing
namespace: biological_process
type: go
obsolete: False

Description: The decondensing (loosening) and swelling of the chromosomal sites of hormone-responsive genes on polytene chromosomes in response to increased production of the steroid hormone 20-hydroxyecdysone (ecdysone) in Drosophila larvae approaching pupation.

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