heterochromatin formation

Term ID

GO:0031507

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

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

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