Term Information

Accession
GO:0000792
Name
heterochromatin
Ontology
cellular_component
Synonyms
transcriptionally inactive chromatin, transcriptionally silent chromatin, nuclear heterochromatin
Alternate IDs
GO:0035328, GO:0005720
Definition
A compact and highly condensed form of chromatin that is refractory to transcription. Source: PMID:32017156
Comment
None
History
See term history for GO:0000792 at QuickGO
Subset
None
Feedback
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Parents of heterochromatin (GO:0000792)
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heterochromatin [is_a relation] is_a  chromatin (GO:0000785)
Children of heterochromatin (GO:0000792)
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senescence-associated heterochromatin focus (GO:0035985) [is_a relation] is_a  heterochromatin
sex chromatin (GO:0001739) [is_a relation] is_a  heterochromatin
rDNA heterochromatin (GO:0033553) [is_a relation] is_a  heterochromatin
RITS complex (GO:0030958) [BFO:0000050 relation] BFO:0000050  heterochromatin
heterochromatin island (GO:1990342) [is_a relation] is_a  heterochromatin
intercalary heterochromatin (GO:0005725) [is_a relation] is_a  heterochromatin
pericentric heterochromatin (GO:0005721) [is_a relation] is_a  heterochromatin
mating-type region heterochromatin (GO:0031934) [is_a relation] is_a  heterochromatin
heterochromatin domain (GO:1990343) [is_a relation] is_a  heterochromatin
subtelomeric heterochromatin (GO:0140720) [is_a relation] is_a  heterochromatin
NIF_Subcellular
sao581845896
Wikipedia
Heterochromatin