Preferred Label : epigenetic repression;
MeSH definition : The turning off of GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION in certain regions of CHROMATIN without changes
in the DNA sequence. Typically epigenetic repression is a way that developmental changes
are programmed at the cellular level.;
MeSH synonym : repression, epigenetic;
Origin ID : D063185;
UMLS CUI : C3494434;
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The turning off of GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION in certain regions of CHROMATIN without changes
in the DNA sequence. Typically epigenetic repression is a way that developmental changes
are programmed at the cellular level.
