Term Name:	silenced
Synonyms:
Definition:	An attribute describing an epigenetic process where a gene is inactivated at transcriptional or translational level.
Ontology:	Sequence Ontology [SO:0000893]

Relationships

is a type of:	transcriptionally_repressed
has subtype:	silenced_by_DNA_modification silenced_by_histone_modification silenced_by_RNA_interference
inverse has_quality:	silenced_gene