id | GO:0016458   Detailed information
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  name | gene silencing
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  namespace | biological_process
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  def | "Any transcriptional or post-transcriptional process carried out at the cellular level that results in long-term gene inactivation." [GOC:dph, GOC:jid, GOC:tb]
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  comment | Note that this process is the opposite of long-term maintenance of gene activation.
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  subset | goslim_pir
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  is_a | GO:0009987 ! cellular process
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  is_a | GO:0010629 ! negative regulation of gene expression
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