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Any process that increases the frequency, rate or extent of a process involved in the formation, arrangement of constituent parts, or disassembly of an organelle. Any process that results in the specification, formation or maintenance of the physical structure of eukaryotic heterochromatin, a compact and highly condensed form of chromatin. The assembly of chromatin into heterochromatin, a compact and highly condensed form that is often, but not always, transcriptionally silent. The assembly of DNA, histone proteins, and other associated proteins into chromatin structure, beginning with the formation of the basic unit, the nucleosome, followed by organization of the nucleosomes into higher order structures, ultimately giving rise to a complex organization of specific domains within the nucleus. Any process the modulates the frequency, rate or extent of chromatin assembly. Chromatin assembly is the assembly of DNA, histone proteins, and other associated proteins into chromatin structure, beginning with the formation of the basic unit, the nucleosome, followed by organization of the nucleosomes into higher order structures, ultimately giving rise to a complex organization of specific domains within the nucleus. Any process that increases the extent of heterochromatin formation; increases the size of a chromosomal region converted to heterochromatin. Any process that activates or increases the frequency, rate or extent of chromatin assembly or disassembly. Any process that modulates the frequency, rate, extent or location of heterochromatin formation. Dynamic structural changes to eukaryotic chromatin occurring throughout the cell division cycle. These changes range from the local changes necessary for transcriptional regulation to global changes necessary for chromosome segregation. Any process that modulates the frequency, rate or extent of chromatin assembly or disassembly. Any process that activates or increases the frequency, rate or extent of heterochromatin formation. The formation or destruction of chromatin structures.

View Gene Ontology (GO) Term

GO TERM SUMMARY
Name: positive regulation of heterochromatin formation
Acc: GO:0031453
Aspect: Biological Process
Desc: Any process that activates or increases the frequency, rate or extent of heterochromatin formation.
Synonyms:
  • activation of heterochromatin formation
  • stimulation of heterochromatin formation
  • up-regulation of heterochromatin formation
  • up regulation of heterochromatin formation
  • upregulation of heterochromatin formation
Proteins in PDR annotated with:
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   Term or descendants: 0


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GO:0031453 - positive regulation of heterochromatin formation (interactive image map)
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