| Term: | heart chromosomal 5-methylcytosine DNA demethylation pathway |
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| Note: | This page represents a term created by the combination ("post-composition") of two ontology terms. For more information on the individual terms, click the hyperlinked name. |
| Name: | heart |
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| Definition: | Blood pumping organ composed of four components: sinus venosus, atrium, cardiac ventricle and bulbus arteriosus. |
| Ontology: | Anatomy Ontology [ZFA:0000114] |
| Name: | chromosomal 5-methylcytosine DNA demethylation pathway |
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| Synonyms: | epigenetic 5-methylcytosine DNA demethylation, epigenetic 5-methylcytosine DNA demethylation pathway, epigenetic DNA demethylation |
| Definition: | A process that chemically modifies 5-methylcytosine (5meC) to make it a substrate for the base excision repair pathway, which then restores the unmodified cytosine. |
| Ontology: | GO: Biological Process [GO:0141166] QuickGO AmiGO |