transposable element silencing by piRNA-mediated DNA methylation
A transposable element silencing mechanism mediated by Piwi-associated RNA (piRNA)-directed DNA methylation. This results in a heterochromatin assembly, a chromatin conformation that is refractory to transcription.
GO:0141005
transposable element silencing by heterochromatin formation
is_a
GO:0141176
gene silencing by piRNA-directed DNA methylation
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retrotransposon silencing by piRNA-directed DNA methylation
narrow
transposable element silencing by piRNA-directed DNA methylation
exact