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GO: Biological Process

DNA strand invasion

Term ID
GO:0042148
Synonyms
  • D-loop biosynthesis
  • D-loop formation
  • displacement loop biosynthesis
  • displacement loop formation
  • Rad51-mediated strand invasion
  • strand invasion
Definition
The process in which the nucleoprotein complex (composed of the broken single-strand DNA and the recombinase) searches and identifies a region of homology in intact duplex DNA. The broken single-strand DNA displaces the like strand and forms Watson-Crick base pairs with its complement, forming a duplex in which each strand is from one of the two recombining DNA molecules. 10357855
References
Ontology
GO: Biological Process    QuickGO    AmiGO
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