chromatin silencing by small RNA

id: GO:0031048
name: chromatin silencing by small RNA
namespace: biological_process
type: go
obsolete: False

Description: Repression of transcription by conversion of large regions of DNA into heterochromatin, directed by small RNAs sharing sequence identity to the repressed region.

Parent Functions

idname
GO:0006342chromatin silencing
GO:0031047gene silencing by RNA