Term Name: negative regulation of transcription by RNA polymerase II
Synonyms: down regulation of global transcription from RNA polymerase II promoter, down regulation of transcription from RNA polymerase II promoter, down-regulation of global transcription from RNA polymerase II promoter, down-regulation of transcription from RNA polymerase II promoter, downregulation of global transcription from RNA polymerase II promoter, downregulation of transcription from RNA polymerase II promoter, inhibition of global transcription from RNA polymerase II promoter, inhibition of transcription from RNA polymerase II promoter, negative regulation of gene-specific transcription from RNA polymerase II promoter, negative regulation of global transcription from Pol II promoter, negative regulation of transcription from Pol II promoter, negative regulation of transcription from RNA polymerase II promoter, negative regulation of transcription from RNA polymerase II promoter, global
Definition: Any process that stops, prevents, or reduces the frequency, rate or extent of transcription mediated by RNA polymerase II.
Ontology: GO: Biological Process [GO:0000122]    QuickGO    AmiGO

Relationships
has parts: DNA-binding transcription repressor activity, RNA polymerase II-specific
is a type of: biological regulation negative regulation of DNA-templated transcription regulation of transcription by RNA polymerase II
has subtype: carbon catabolite repression of transcription from RNA polymerase II promoter negative regulation of ribosomal protein gene transcription by RNA polymerase II negative regulation of snRNA transcription by RNA polymerase II negative regulation of termination of RNA polymerase II transcription negative regulation of transcription initiation by RNA polymerase II
negatively regulates: transcription by RNA polymerase II