Term Information

Accession
GO:0080188
Name
gene silencing by RNA-directed DNA methylation
Ontology
biological_process
Synonyms
RdDM, RNA-directed DNA methylation
Alternate IDs
None
Definition
A small RNA-based gene silencing process in which small interfering RNAs (siRNAs) guide DNA methylation to the siRNA-generating genomic loci and other loci that are homologous to the siRNAs for de novo DNA methylation. This results in a heterochromatin assembly, a chromatin conformation that is refractory to transcription. In general this process consists of three phases: biogenesis of siRNAs, scaffold RNA production, and the formation of the guiding complex that recruits de novo DNA methyltransferases to the target loci. Transposable elements are silenced by this mechanism. Source: PMID:21420348
Comment
This process has been shown in plants and in yeasts, but so far has not been detected in vertebrates, organisms that lack RNA-dependent RNA polymerase.
History
See term history for GO:0080188 at QuickGO
Subset
None
Feedback
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Parents of gene silencing by RNA-directed DNA methylation (GO:0080188)
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gene silencing by RNA-directed DNA methylation [is_a relation] is_a  regulatory ncRNA-mediated heterochromatin formation (GO:0031048)
gene silencing by RNA-directed DNA methylation [is_a relation] is_a  DNA methylation-dependent heterochromatin formation (GO:0006346)
Children of gene silencing by RNA-directed DNA methylation (GO:0080188)
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retrotransposon silencing by RNA-directed DNA methylation (GO:0141010) [is_a relation] is_a  gene silencing by RNA-directed DNA methylation
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