pericentric heterochromatin formation

Term ID

GO:0031508

Synonyms

• centric heterochromatin formation
• centromere chromatin silencing
• centromeric heterochromatin biosynthesis
• centromeric heterochromatin formation
• centromeric silencing
• chromatin silencing at centromere
• chromatin silencing at centromere outer repeat region
• chromatin silencing at pericentric region
• heterochromatic silencing at centromere
• pericentric heterochromatin assembly

Definition

The compaction of chromatin located adjacent to the CENP-A rich centromere 'central core' and characterized by methylation of histone H3K9, into heterochromatin, resulting in the repression of transcription at pericentric DNA. (3)

References

Ontology

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