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Category:GO:0031508 ! pericentric heterochromatin assembly
name: pericentric heterochromatin assembly
namespace: biological_process
alt_id: GO:0030702
alt_id: GO:1990141
def: "The assembly of chromatin located adjacent to the CENP-A rich centromere 'central core' and characterized by the modified histone H3K9me3, into heterochromatin, resulting in the repression of transcription of centromeric DNA." [GOC:mah, PMID:20206496, PMID:22729156]
synonym: "centric heterochromatin formation" RELATED []
synonym: "centromere chromatin silencing" EXACT [GOC:mah]
synonym: "centromeric heterochromatin biosynthesis" EXACT []
synonym: "centromeric heterochromatin formation" EXACT []
synonym: "centromeric silencing" EXACT [GOC:vw]
synonym: "chromatin silencing at centromere" EXACT []
synonym: "chromatin silencing at centromere outer repeat region" NARROW []
synonym: "chromatin silencing at pericentric region" RELATED [GOC:mah]
synonym: "heterochromatic silencing at centromere" EXACT []
is_a: GO:0031055 ! chromatin remodeling at centromere
is_a: GO:0140462 ! pericentric heterochromatin organization
is_a: GO:0140719 ! constitutive heterochromatin assembly
relationship: part_of: GO:0034508 ! centromere complex assembly
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<GOterm>GO:0031508</GOterm>
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