Search Ontology:

GO: Biological Process

DNA methylation-dependent heterochromatin formation

Term ID

GO:0006346

Synonyms

DNA methylation-dependent heterochromatin assembly
methylation-dependent chromatin silencing
methylation-dependent heterochromatic silencing

Definition

Formation of constitutive heterochromatin by a pathway that includes methylation of genomic DNA such as CpG islands.

References

Ontology

GO: Biological Process QuickGO AmiGO

Relationships

is a type of: constitutive heterochromatin formation

constitutive heterochromatin formation Show first 5 Terms
has subtype: gene silencing by piRNA-directed DNA methylation gene silencing by siRNA-directed DNA methylation

gene silencing by piRNA-directed DNA methylation gene silencing by siRNA-directed DNA methylation Show first 5 Terms
negatively regulated by: negative regulation of DNA methylation-dependent heterochromatin formation

negative regulation of DNA methylation-dependent heterochromatin formation Show first 5 Terms
positively regulated by: positive regulation of DNA methylation-dependent heterochromatin formation

positive regulation of DNA methylation-dependent heterochromatin formation Show first 5 Terms
regulated by: regulation of DNA methylation-dependent heterochromatin formation

regulation of DNA methylation-dependent heterochromatin formation Show first 5 Terms

Phenotype

Phenotype caused by Genes