Term Name: | chromatin silencing |
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Synonyms: | chromatin-mediated maintenance of transcriptional inactivation, chromatin-mediated silencing, heterochromatic silencing, TGS, transcriptional gene silencing |
Definition: | Repression of transcription by altering the structure of chromatin, e.g. by conversion of large regions of DNA into an inaccessible state often called heterochromatin. |
Ontology: | GO: Biological Process [GO:0006342] QuickGO AmiGO |