D_loop (CURRENT_SVN) |
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| SO Accession: | SO:0000297 (SOWiki) |
| Definition: | Displacement loop; a region within mitochondrial DNA in which a short stretch of RNA is paired with one strand of DNA, displacing the original partner DNA strand in this region; also used to describe the displacement of a region of one strand of duplex DNA by a single stranded invader in the reaction catalyzed by RecA protein. |
| Synonyms: | displacement loop, D-loop, INSDC_feature:D-loop |
| DB Xrefs: | URL: http://www.insdc.org/files/feature_table.html |
| Parent: | biological_region (SO:0001411) |
| Child: | mitochondrial_D_loop (SO:0002294) |
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