Term Information

Accession
GO:1990343
Name
heterochromatin domain
Ontology
cellular_component
Synonyms
HOOD
Alternate IDs
None
Definition
A region of heterochromatin that is formed dynamically under specific growth conditions by a process that requires RNAi, and is enriched in histone H3 methylated on lysine 9 (H3K9me). Source: PMID:24210919, PMID:23151475
Comment
An example of this type of heterochromatin is found in Schizosaccharomyces pombe, where heterochromatin domains preferentially assemble at sexual differentiation genes and retrotransposons.
History
See term history for GO:1990343 at QuickGO
Subset
None
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heterochromatin domain [is_a relation] is_a  heterochromatin (GO:0000792)

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