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Accession
GO:0045814
Name
negative regulation of gene expression, epigenetic
Ontology
biological_process
Synonyms
down regulation of gene expression, epigenetic, down-regulation of gene expression, epigenetic, downregulation of gene expression, epigenetic, gene silencing, inhibition of gene expression, epigenetic
Alternate IDs
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Definition
An epigenetic process that silences gene expression at specific genomic regions through chromatin remodeling either by modifying higher order chromatin fiber structure, nucleosomal histones, or the cytosine DNA methylation. Source: PMID:22243696
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Parents of negative regulation of gene expression, epigenetic (GO:0045814)
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negative regulation of gene expression, epigenetic [is_a relation] is_a  epigenetic regulation of gene expression (GO:0040029)
negative regulation of gene expression, epigenetic [is_a relation] is_a  negative regulation of gene expression (GO:0010629)
Children of negative regulation of gene expression, epigenetic (GO:0045814)
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negative regulation of gene expression via chromosomal CpG island methylation (GO:0044027) [is_a relation] is_a  negative regulation of gene expression, epigenetic
heterochromatin formation (GO:0031507) [is_a relation] is_a  negative regulation of gene expression, epigenetic
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