GO TERM SUMMARY
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Name: |
chromatin silencing |
Acc: |
GO:0006342 |
Aspect: |
Biological Process |
Desc: |
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. |
Synonyms:
- chromatin-mediated maintenance of transcriptional inactivation
- TGS
- chromatin-mediated silencing
- heterochromatic silencing
- transcriptional gene silencing
- GO:0016440
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INTERACTIVE GO GRAPH
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