AmiGO 2: Term Details for "heterochromatin domain" (GO:1990343)

Accession: GO:1990343
Name: heterochromatin domain
Ontology: cellular_component
Synonyms: HOOD
Alternate IDs: None
Definition: A region of heterochromatin that is formed dynamically under specific growth conditions by a process that requires RNAi, and is enriched in histone H3 methylated on lysine 9 (H3K9me). Source: PMID:24210919, PMID:23151475
Comment: An example of this type of heterochromatin is found in Schizosaccharomyces pombe, where heterochromatin domains preferentially assemble at sexual differentiation genes and retrotransposons.
History: See term history for GO:1990343 at QuickGO
Chem. react.: None
Subset: None
Related: Link to all genes and gene products annotated to heterochromatin domain (excluding "regulates").; Link to all direct and indirect annotations to heterochromatin domain (excluding "regulates").; Link to all direct and indirect annotations download (limited to first 10,000) for heterochromatin domain (excluding "regulates").

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subject	relation	object
heterochromatin domain	is_a	heterochromatin (GO:0000792)

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