Term Information

Accession
GO:0140966
Name
piRNA-directed heterochromatin formation
Ontology
biological_process
Synonyms
piwiRNA-directed heterochromatin formation
Alternate IDs
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Definition
The formation of heterochromatin into a heterochromatin domain, enriched in histone H3 methylated on lysine 9 (H3K9me), by a process mediated by a small interfering piRNA. Source: PMID:23329111
Comment
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History
See term history for GO:0140966 at QuickGO
Subset
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piRNA-directed heterochromatin formation [is_a relation] is_a  regulatory ncRNA-mediated heterochromatin formation (GO:0031048)

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