FB2025_05 , released December 11, 2025
FB2025_05 , released December 11, 2025
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Term gene silencing by piRNA-directed DNA methylation ID (Ontology) GO:0141176 (Gene Ontology)
Definition A small RNA-based gene silencing process in which Piwi-associated RNAs (piRNAs) guide de novo DNA methylation. This results in a heterochromatin assembly, a chromatin conformation that is refractory to transcription.[ PubMed:32674113 PubMed:38359823 ]
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regulatory ncRNA-mediated heterochromatin formation
 |__piRNA-mediated heterochromatin formation__________________________
constitutive heterochromatin formation                                |
 |__DNA methylation-dependent constitutive heterochromatin formation__|
                                                                      gene silencing by piRNA-directed DNA methylation
                                                                       |__transposable element silencing by piRNA-mediated DNA methylation
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Is a DNA methylation-dependent constitutive heterochromatin formation
piRNA-mediated heterochromatin formation
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