Search Ontology:
GO: Biological Process
transposable element silencing by siRNA-mediated DNA methylation
- Term ID
- GO:0141010
- Synonyms
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- retrostransposon silencing by RdDM
- retrotransposon silencing by RNA-directed DNA methylation
- retrotransposon silencing by siRNA-directed DNA methylation
- transposable element silencing by siRNA-directed DNA methylation
- Definition
- A transposable element silencing mechanism mediated by RNA-directed DNA methylation. RNA-directed DNA methylation is a gene silencing process in which small interfering RNAs (siRNAs) guide DNA methylation to the siRNA-generating genomic loci and other loci that are homologous to the siRNAs for de novo DNA methylation. This results in a heterochromatin assembly, a chromatin conformation that is refractory to transcription. (4)
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- Ontology
- GO: Biological Process QuickGO AmiGO
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