silent mating-type cassette heterochromatin formation

Term ID

GO:0030466

Synonyms

• aging-dependent sterility
• chromatin silencing at HML and HMR
• chromatin silencing at silent mating-type cassette
• establishment of chromatin silencing at silent mating-type cassette
• heterochromatic silencing at silent mating-type cassette
• silent mating type cassette region heterochromatin formation
• silent mating-type cassette chromatin silencing
• silent mating-type cassette heterochromatin assembly
• silent-mating type cassette region heterochromatin formation

Definition

Repression of transcription at silent mating-type loci by alteration of the structure of chromatin.

References

Ontology

GO: Biological Process    QuickGO    AmiGO