Gene ontology ID
GO:0016458
Definition
Any process carried out at the cellular level that results in either long-term transcriptional repression via action on chromatin structure or RNA mediated, post-transcriptional repression of gene expression
Comment
This is a rather broad grouping term. While it was originally defined for long-term, heritable, epigenetic effects, short term effects on expression mediated by RNA are also frequently referred to as gene silencing, and are grouped under this class.
Synonyms
1. long-term maintenance of gene inactivation
References
1. GOC: dos
2. GOC: dph
3. GOC: jid
4. GOC: tb
5. Wikipedia: Gene silencing
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