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GO:0016571 histone methylation

The modification of histones by addition of methyl groups.

Term Information

ID GO:0016571
Name histone methylation
Ontology Biological Process
Definition The modification of histones by addition of methyl groups.
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Wikipedia Histone_methylation

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GO:0008150 biological_process
GO:0009987 cellular process
GO:0016043 cellular component organization
GO:0008152 metabolic process
GO:0043170 macromolecule metabolic process
GO:0044238 primary metabolic process
GO:0043283 biopolymer metabolic process
GO:0006996 organelle organization
GO:0044237 cellular metabolic process
GO:0043412 biopolymer modification
GO:0006730 one-carbon metabolic process
GO:0051276 chromosome organization
GO:0019538 protein metabolic process
GO:0006325 chromatin organization
GO:0032259 methylation
GO:0044260 cellular macromolecule metabolic process
GO:0016568 chromatin modification
GO:0034960 cellular biopolymer metabolic process
GO:0016569 covalent chromatin modification
GO:0044267 cellular protein metabolic process
GO:0043414 biopolymer methylation
GO:0006464 protein modification process
GO:0043687 post-translational protein modification
GO:0008213 protein amino acid alkylation
GO:0006479 protein amino acid methylation
GO:0016570 histone modification
GO:0016571 histone methylation

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Child Terms

All direct descendants (child terms) available for this GO term:
R GO:0031060 regulation of histone methylation
NR GO:0031061 negative regulation of histone methylation
PR GO:0031062 positive regulation of histone methylation
I GO:0034968 histone lysine methylation
I GO:0034969 histone arginine methylation

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Protein Annotation

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