A transcriptionally-silent heterochromatin structure present in senescent cells. Contains the condensed chromatin of one chromosome and is enriched for histone modifications. Thought to repress expression of proliferation-promoting genes. [GOC:yaf, PMID:15621527, PMID:21248468]
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M5: Ontology GO: Gene Ontology GO:CC: GO Cellular Component