hypermethylation of CpG island

id: GO:0044027
name: hypermethylation of CpG island
namespace: biological_process
type: go
obsolete: False

Description: An increase in the epigenetic methylation of cytosine and adenosine residues in a CpG island in DNA. CpG islands are genomic regions that contain a high frequency of the CG dinucleotide and are often associated with the transcription start site of genes.

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