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Term:
retrotransposon silencing by heterochromatin formation (GO:0141005)
Annotations: Rat: (19) Mouse: (18) Human: (18) Chinchilla: (18) Bonobo: (18) Dog: (18) Squirrel: (18) Pig: (19) Naked Mole-rat: (18) Green Monkey: (18)
Parent Terms Term With Siblings Child Terms
retrotransposon silencing by heterochromatin formation +   
A retrotransposon silencing mechanism involving heterochromatin assembly. Heterochromatin is a chromatin conformation that is refractory to transcription.
retrotransposon silencing by mRNA destabilization +   

Synonyms
Definition Sources: PMID:25247314, PMID:28951459, PMID:32823517

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