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Gene Ontology Term: heterochromatin formation

GO ID
GO:0031507
Aspect
Biological Process
Description
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.
Synonyms
establishment of heterochromatin architecture, heterochromatin formation, establishment of heterochromatin architecture involved in chromatin silencing at centromere outer repeat region, establishment of heterochromatin architecture involved in chromatin silencing at pericentric region, 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 at centromere outer repeat region, heterochromatin formation involved in chromatin silencing at pericentric region, establishment of chromatin silencing, establishment of heterochromatic silencing, heterochromatin assembly involved in chromatin silencing, heterochromatin formation involved in chromatin silencing, TGS, heterochromatin maintenance, chromatin silencing, chromatin-mediated silencing, transcriptional gene silencing, heterochromatic silencing, heterochromatin assembly, transcriptional gene silencing
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