Phenotype ontology term - FYPO:0005922 - decreased heterochromatin assembly at subtelomere

Term summary

ID

FYPO:0005922

Name

decreased heterochromatin assembly at subtelomere

Ontology or CV name

Phenotype

Definition

A cellular process phenotype observed in the vegetative growth phase of the life cycle in which heterochromatin assembly occurs to a lower extent than normal in subtelomeric regions. Heterochromatin assembly is the assembly of chromatin into a compact and highly condensed form that is often, but not always, transcriptionally silent.

Parents

• is_a abnormal heterochromatin organization during vegetative growth
• is_a abnormal chromatin remodeling

Annotation