Search Ontology:
GO: Biological Process
heterochromatin formation
- Term ID
- GO:0031507
- Synonyms
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- chromatin silencing
- chromatin-mediated silencing
- establishment of chromatin silencing
- establishment of heterochromatic silencing
- establishment of heterochromatin architecture
- establishment of heterochromatin architecture involved in chromatin silencing at centromere outer repeat region
- establishment of heterochromatin architecture involved in chromatin silencing at pericentric region
- heterochromatic silencing
- heterochromatin assembly
- heterochromatin assembly involved in chromatin silencing
- heterochromatin assembly involved in chromatin silencing at centromere outer repeat region
- heterochromatin assembly involved in chromatin silencing at pericentric region
- heterochromatin formation involved in chromatin silencing
- heterochromatin formation involved in chromatin silencing at centromere outer repeat region
- heterochromatin formation involved in chromatin silencing at pericentric region
- heterochromatin maintenance
- TGS
- transcriptional gene silencing
- Definition
- An epigenetic gene silencing mechanism in which chromatin is compacted into heterochromatin, resulting in a chromatin conformation refractory to transcription. This process starts with heterochromatin nucleation, its spreading, and ends with heterochromatin boundary formation. (2)
- References
- Ontology
- GO: Biological Process QuickGO AmiGO
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- is a type of
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- has_part
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- negatively regulated by
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