nucleotide-excision repair, DNA incision, 3'-to lesion

id: GO:0006295
name: nucleotide-excision repair, DNA incision, 3'-to lesion
namespace: biological_process
type: go
obsolete: False

Description: The endonucleolytic cleavage of the damaged strand of DNA 3' to the site of damage. The incision occurs at the junction of single-stranded DNA and double-stranded DNA that is formed when the DNA duplex is unwound. The incision precedes the incision formed 5' to the site of damage.

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