Category:GO:0141064 ! zygotic genome activation

name: zygotic genome activation
namespace: biological_process
def: "A process that contributes to the onset of de novo transcription from the zygotic genome as part of the maternal-to-zygote transition in gene expression. The zygote overcomes the silencing that has been established. The cause of this silencing could be due to several factors: chromatin modifications leading to repression, or lack of adequate transcription machinery." [PMID:19204068, PMID:20808952]
synonym: "ZGA" BROAD []
is_a: GO:0010628 ! positive regulation of gene expression
relationship: part_of: GO:0160021 ! maternal-to-zygotic transition of gene expression

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