FB2025_05 , released December 11, 2025
FB2025_05 , released December 11, 2025
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Term piRNA-mediated heterochromatin formation ID (Ontology) GO:0140966 (Gene Ontology)
Definition The formation of heterochromatin into a heterochromatin domain, enriched in histone H3 methylated on lysine 9 (H3K9me), by a process mediated by a Piwi-associated RNA (piRNA).[ PubMed:23329111 ]
Also Known As "piRNA-directed heterochromatin formation" ; "piwiRNA-directed heterochromatin formation"
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regulatory ncRNA-mediated gene silencing__
heterochromatin formation_________________|
                                          regulatory ncRNA-mediated heterochromatin formation
                                           |__piRNA-mediated heterochromatin formation  20 rec.
                                               |__gene silencing by piRNA-directed DNA methylation
                                               |   |__transposable element silencing by piRNA-mediated DNA methylation
                                               |__transposable element silencing by piRNA-mediated heterochromatin formation 20 rec.
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