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gene silencing
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Any process carried out at the cellular level that results in either long-term transcriptional repression via action on chromatin structure or RNA mediated, post-transcriptional repression of gene expression. [ ]
Term info
Label
gene silencing
Subsets
goslim_drosophila, goslim_pir
comment
This is a rather broad grouping term. While it was originally defined for long-term, heritable, epigenetic effects, short term effects on expression mediated by RNA are also frequently referred to as gene silencing, and are grouped under this class.
has narrow synonym
long-term maintenance of gene inactivation
has obo namespace
biological_process
id
GO:0016458