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General Information
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| Term |
pericentric heterochromatin formation |
ID (Ontology) |
GO:0031508 (Gene Ontology) |
| 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.[ PubMed:14612388 PubMed:20206496 PubMed:22729156 ] |
| Also Known As |
"centromere chromatin silencing" ; "centromeric heterochromatin biosynthesis" ; "centromeric heterochromatin formation" (for all, see Synonyms field below) |
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Annotations
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Records annotated with this term OR any of its CHILD TERMS
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Records annotated with this exact term (annotations to child terms are NOT included)
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| Data Class | Field | Records |
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| Genes (FBgn) | GO_BIOLOGICAL_PROCESS | 4 |
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Full annotation statements including this term (annotations to child terms are NOT included), and relevant FlyBase records
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| Full annotation statements | Relevant FlyBase reports |
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pericentric heterochromatin formation (all annotations which use CV term, excluding "NOT" statements) | 4 | involved_in | pericentric heterochromatin formation | 4 | NOT | involved_in | pericentric heterochromatin formation | 1 |
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