GO biological process ontology term - GO:0031508 - pericentric heterochromatin formation
Term summary
- ID
- GO:0031508
- Name
- pericentric heterochromatin formation
- Ontology or CV name
- GO biological process
- Definition
- 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.
