heteroduplex DNA loop binding

Term ID

GO:0000404

Synonyms

• loop DNA binding

Definition

Binding to a DNA segment containing a loop. A loop occurs when DNA contains a large insertion or deletion that causes a region of unpaired single-stranded DNA to loop out, while the rest of the DNA is in a paired double-stranded configuration. 16781730

References

Ontology

GO: Molecular Function    QuickGO    AmiGO