Search Ontology:
GO: Biological Process

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 chromatin silencing
  • silent mating-type cassette heterochromatin assembly
Definition
Repression of transcription at silent mating-type loci by alteration of the structure of chromatin.
References
Ontology
GO: Biological Process    QuickGO    AmiGO
Relationships
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Phenotype
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