heterochromatin formation

id: GO:0031507
name: heterochromatin formation
namespace: biological_process
type: go
obsolete: False

Description: The assembly of chromatin into heterochromatin, a compact and highly condensed form that is often, but not always, transcriptionally silent.

Child Functions

idname
GO:0031508centromeric heterochromatin formation
GO:0031509telomeric heterochromatin formation
GO:0035986senescence-associated heterochromatin focus formation
GO:0060820inactivation of X chromosome by heterochromatin formation
GO:0070869heterochromatin formation involved in chromatin silencing

Parent Functions

idname
GO:0006338chromatin remodeling
GO:0031497chromatin assembly
GO:0070828heterochromatin organization