pericentric heterochromatin formation
The compaction of chromatin located adjacent to the CENP-A rich centromere 'central core' and characterized by methylation of histone H3K9, into heterochromatin, resulting in the repression of transcription at pericentric DNA.
GO:0140719
constitutive heterochromatin formation
is_a
centric heterochromatin formation
related
centromere chromatin silencing
exact
centromeric heterochromatin biosynthesis
exact
centromeric heterochromatin formation
exact
centromeric silencing
exact
chromatin silencing at centromere
exact
chromatin silencing at centromere outer repeat region
narrow
chromatin silencing at pericentric region
related
heterochromatic silencing at centromere
exact
pericentric heterochromatin assembly
exact
SPBC800.03 SPAC17A2.13c SPAC23E2.02 SPCC132.02 SPCC736.11 SPAC6F12.09 SPBC12C2.10c SPAC22G7.10 SPAC18G6.02c SPAC27F1.09c SPCC970.07c SPBC1105.11c SPAC1783.04c SPAC664.01c SPBC146.09c SPBC16D10.07c SPBC8D2.04 SPAC1851.03 SPAC3G9.04 SPCC11E10.08 SPBC16C6.10 SPBC4B4.09 SPAC4H3.06 SPBC609.05 SPBC2D10.17 SPAC1834.04 SPAC3A11.08 SPCC663.12 SPBC215.12 SPCC1739.03 SPBC83.03c SPAC1B3.17 SPAC13G7.07 SPCC613.12c SPAC23G3.01 SPAC222.09 SPBP35G2.10 SPAC824.04 SPCC1393.05 SPCC188.13c SPBC582.04c SPAC23H4.18c SPBC428.08c SPCC126.04c SPAC140.03 SPBP8B7.28c