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GO: Biological Process

retrotransposon silencing by siRNA-directed DNA methylation

Term ID
GO:0141010
Synonyms
  • retrostransposon silencing by RdDM
  • retrotransposon silencing by RNA-directed DNA methylation
Definition
A retrotransposon silencing mechanism mediated by RNA-directed DNA methylation. RNA-directed DNA methylation is a gene silencing process in which small interfering RNAs (siRNAs) guide DNA methylation to the siRNA-generating genomic loci and other loci that are homologous to the siRNAs for de novo DNA methylation. This results in a heterochromatin assembly, a chromatin conformation that is refractory to transcription. (4)
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Ontology
GO: Biological Process    QuickGO    AmiGO
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