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GO: Biological Process

transcription-coupled nucleotide-excision repair

Term ID
GO:0006283
Synonyms
  • TC-NER
  • TCR
  • transcription-coupled NER
  • transcription-coupled repair
Definition
The nucleotide-excision repair process that carries out preferential repair of DNA lesions on the actively transcribed strand of the DNA duplex. In addition, the transcription-coupled nucleotide-excision repair pathway is required for the recognition and repair of a small subset of lesions that are not recognized by the global genome nucleotide excision repair pathway. (2)
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