Term Name: |
heterochromatin formation |
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Search Ontology:
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Synonyms: |
- 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
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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.
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Ontology: |
GO: Biological Process
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