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Genetic Phenomena > DNA Repair > DNA Mismatch Repair
Chemical Phenomena > Biochemical Phenomena > DNA Repair > DNA Mismatch Repair

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DNA Mismatch Repair  

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  • Topical Descriptor

Broader concept

Entry terms

  • Mismatch Repair
  • Repair, Mismatch

Scope note

  • A DNA repair pathway involved in correction of errors introduced during DNA replication when an incorrect base, which cannot form hydrogen bonds with the corresponding base in the parent strand, is incorporated into the daughter strand. Excinucleases recognize the BASE PAIR MISMATCH and cause a segment of polynucleotide chain to be excised from the daughter strand, thereby removing the mismatched base. (from Oxford Dictionary of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, 2001)

History note

  • 2007

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D053843

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