regulatory ncRNA-mediated heterochromatin formation

Term ID

GO:0031048

Synonyms

• chromatin silencing by small RNA
• heterochromatin assembly by small RNA
• heterochromatin assembly involved in chromatin silencing by small RNA
• heterochromatin formation involved in chromatin silencing by small RNA
• ncRNA-mediated heterochromatin formation
• pre-transcriptional gene silencing by RNA
• pre-transcriptional gene silencing by small non-coding RNA
• RNA interference-like chromatin silencing
• RNA-dependent heterochromatin formation
• RNA-mediated chromatin silencing
• RNA-mediated heterochromatin formation
• RNA-mediated TGS
• RNA-mediated transcriptional silencing
• RNAi-directed chromatin silencing
• RNAi-like chromatin silencing
• small ncRNA-mediated heterochromatin formation
• small non-coding RNA-dependent heterochromatin formation
• small RNA-mediated heterochromatic silencing
• small RNA-mediated heterochromatin formation

Definition

A heterochromatin formation-based gene silencing process mediated by a regulatory non-coding RNA molecule that occur before the beginnning of trancription. (2)

References

Ontology

GO: Biological Process    QuickGO    AmiGO