Planteome: Term Details for "heterochromatin island" (GO:1990342)

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Term Information

Accession: GO:1990342
Name: heterochromatin island
Ontology: cellular_component
Synonyms: None
Alternate IDs: None
Definition: A region of facultative heterochromatin formed dynamically at specific loci in response to environmental signals, independently of RNAi. Source: PMID:22144463, PMID:24210919
Comment: An example of this type of heterochromatin is found in Schizosaccharomyces pombe, where heterochromatin islands are formed at meiotic genes during vegetative (mitotic) growth.
History: See term history for GO:1990342 at QuickGO
Subset: None
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