D_loop (RELEASE_2.5.1) |
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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 |
| DB Xrefs: | URL: http://www.ebi.ac.uk/embl/Documentation/FT_definitions/feature_table.html |
| Parent: | origin_of_replication (SO:0000296) |
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