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Genetic Phenomena > DNA Damage > Base Pair Mismatch
Genetic Phenomena > Genetic Variation > Mutation > Base Pair Mismatch

Preferred term

Base Pair Mismatch  

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  • Topical Descriptor

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Entry terms

  • Base Pair Mismatches
  • Mismatches, Base Pair

Scope note

  • The presence of an uncomplimentary base in double-stranded DNA caused by spontaneous deamination of cytosine or adenine, mismatching during homologous recombination, or errors in DNA replication. Multiple, sequential base pair mismatches lead to formation of heteroduplex DNA; (NUCLEIC ACID HETERODUPLEXES).

History note

  • 99

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D020137

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