nuclease_hypersensitive_site [SO_0000322]

A region of nucleotide sequence targeted by a nuclease enzyme that is found cleaved more than would be expected by chance.

nuclease_hypersensitive_site

ID: SO_0000322

Class

A region of nucleotide sequence targeted by a nuclease enzyme that is found cleaved more than would be expected by chance.

Relationship to accessible_DNA_region added 11 Feb 2021. GREEKC pointed out that this is an assay based term, but we need a biological term for the accessible DNA. See GitHub Issue #531.

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Alternative Names

Synonym Scope Reference
nuclease hypersensitive site exact synonym