senescence-associated heterochromatin focus

id: GO:0035985
name: senescence-associated heterochromatin focus
namespace: cellular_component
type: go
obsolete: False

Description: A transcriptionally-silent heterochromatin structure present in senescent cells. Contains the condensed chromatin of one chromosome and is enriched for histone modifications. Thought to repress expression of proliferation-promoting genes.

Parent Functions

idname
GO:0000792heterochromatin