Term Information

Accession
GO:0031508
Name
pericentric heterochromatin formation
Ontology
biological_process
Synonyms
centromere chromatin silencing, centromeric heterochromatin biosynthesis, centromeric heterochromatin formation, centromeric silencing, chromatin silencing at centromere, heterochromatic silencing at centromere, pericentric heterochromatin assembly, centric heterochromatin formation, chromatin silencing at pericentric region, chromatin silencing at centromere outer repeat region
Alternate IDs
GO:1990141, GO:0030702
Definition
The compaction of chromatin located adjacent to the CENP-A rich centromere 'central core' and characterized by methylation of histone H3K9, into heterochromatin, resulting in the repression of transcription at pericentric DNA. Source: PMID:14612388, GOC:mah, PMID:22729156, PMID:20206496
Comment
None
History
See term history for GO:0031508 at QuickGO
Subset
None
Feedback
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Parents of pericentric heterochromatin formation (GO:0031508)
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pericentric heterochromatin formation [is_a relation] is_a  constitutive heterochromatin formation (GO:0140719)
Children of pericentric heterochromatin formation (GO:0031508)
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regulation of pericentric heterochromatin formation (GO:0090052) [RO:0002211 relation] RO:0002211  pericentric heterochromatin formation
positive regulation of pericentric heterochromatin formation (GO:0090053) [RO:0002213 relation] RO:0002213  pericentric heterochromatin formation
siRNA-dependent pericentric heterochromatin formation (GO:0140727) [is_a relation] is_a  pericentric heterochromatin formation
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