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Category:GO:0006346 ! DNA methylation-dependent heterochromatin formation
name: DNA methylation-dependent heterochromatin formation
namespace: biological_process
def: "Repression of transcription by methylation of DNA, leading to the formation of heterochromatin." [GOC:mah]
synonym: "DNA methylation-dependent heterochromatin assembly" EXACT []
synonym: "methylation-dependent chromatin silencing" BROAD []
synonym: "methylation-dependent heterochromatic silencing" BROAD []
is_a: GO:0140718 ! facultative heterochromatin formation
relationship: has_part: GO:0009008 ! DNA-methyltransferase activity
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<GOterm>GO:0006346</GOterm>
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