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The maintenance of chromatin in a transciptionally silent state such as heterochromatin at silent mating-type loci. The maintenance of chromatin in a transciptionally silent state such as heterochromatin. Repression of transcription by altering the structure of chromatin, e.g. by conversion of large regions of DNA into an inaccessible state often called heterochromatin. A process that is carried out at the cellular level that results in the assembly, arrangement of constituent parts, or disassembly of chromosomes, structures composed of a very long molecule of DNA and associated proteins that carries hereditary information. A process that is carried out at the cellular level which results in the assembly, arrangement of constituent parts, or disassembly of an organelle within a cell. An organelle is an organized structure of distinctive morphology and function. Includes the nucleus, mitochondria, plastids, vacuoles, vesicles, ribosomes and the cytoskeleton. Excludes the plasma membrane. Any epigenetic process that stops, prevents or reduces the rate of gene expression. Any transcriptional or post-transcriptional process carried out at the cellular level that results in long-term gene inactivation. Any process that stops, prevents or reduces the frequency, rate or extent of cellular DNA-dependent transcription. The maintenance of chromatin in a transciptionally silent state such as heterochromatin at the telomere.

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GO TERM SUMMARY
Name: maintenance of chromatin silencing
Acc: GO:0006344
Aspect: Biological Process
Desc: The maintenance of chromatin in a transciptionally silent state such as heterochromatin.
Synonyms:
  • maintenance of heterochromatic silencing
Proteins in PDR annotated with:
   This term: 6 [Search]
   Term or descendants: 6 [Search]


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INTERACTIVE GO GRAPH

GO:0006344 - maintenance of chromatin silencing (interactive image map)
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