strand displacement

id: GO:0000732
name: strand displacement
namespace: biological_process
type: go
obsolete: False

Description: The rejection of the broken 3' single-strand DNA molecule that formed heteroduplex DNA with its complement in an intact duplex DNA. The Watson-Crick base pairing in the original duplex is restored. The rejected 3' single-strand DNA molecule reanneals with its original complement to reform two intact duplex molecules.

Child Functions

idname
GO:0000714meiotic strand displacement

Parent Functions

idname
GO:0006259DNA metabolic process