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GO:0003674
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molecular_function
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A molecular process that can be carried out by the action of a single macromolecular machine, usually via direct physical interactions with other molecular entities. Function in this sense denotes an action, or activity, that a gene product (or a complex) performs. |
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GO:0005488
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binding
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The selective, non-covalent, often stoichiometric, interaction of a molecule with one or more specific sites on another molecule. |
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GO:0003676
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nucleic acid binding
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Binding to a nucleic acid. |
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GO:0003677
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DNA binding
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Any molecular function by which a gene product interacts selectively and non-covalently with DNA (deoxyribonucleic acid). |
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GO:0044877
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protein-containing complex binding
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Binding to a macromolecular complex. |
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GO:0003682
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chromatin binding
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Binding to chromatin, the network of fibers of DNA, protein, and sometimes RNA, that make up the chromosomes of the eukaryotic nucleus during interphase. |
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GO:0031490
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chromatin DNA binding
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Binding to DNA that is assembled into chromatin. |
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GO:0031491
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nucleosome binding
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Binding to a nucleosome, a complex comprised of DNA wound around a multisubunit core and associated proteins, which forms the primary packing unit of DNA into higher order structures. |
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GO:0031492
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nucleosomal DNA binding
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Binding to the DNA portion of a nucleosome. |
