GO biological process ontology term - GO:0071515 - mating-type locus imprinting
Term summary
- ID
- GO:0071515
- Name
- mating-type locus imprinting
- Ontology or CV name
- GO biological process
- Definition
- A genomic imprinting process in which a stable single-strand DNA lesion triggers programmed gene conversion at the mating-type locus, thereby restricting mating-type interconversion to one of the two sister chromatids during DNA replication.
