heterochromatin organization

id: GO:0070828
name: heterochromatin organization
namespace: biological_process
type: go
obsolete: False

Description: Any process that results in the specification, formation or maintenance of the physical structure of eukaryotic heterochromatin, a compact and highly condensed form of chromatin.

Child Functions

idname
GO:0031507heterochromatin formation
GO:0070829heterochromatin maintenance
GO:0070868heterochromatin organization involved in chromatin silencing

Parent Functions

idname
GO:0006325chromatin organization