Term Name: | mitochondrial_D_loop |
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Synonyms: | Mitochondrial D loop, Mitochondrial displacement loop |
Definition: | Mitochondrial displacement loop; a region within mitochondrial DNA in which a short stretch of RNA is paired with one strand of DNA, displacing the original partner DNA strand in this region. |
Ontology: | Sequence Ontology [SO:0002294] |