piRNA-mediated heterochromatin formation
The formation of heterochromatin into a heterochromatin domain, enriched in histone H3 methylated on lysine 9 (H3K9me), by a process mediated by a Piwi-associated RNA (piRNA).
GO:0031048
regulatory ncRNA-mediated heterochromatin formation
is_a
piRNA-directed heterochromatin formation
exact
piwiRNA-directed heterochromatin formation
exact