strand invasion
id: GO:0042148
name: strand invasion
namespace: biological_process
type: go
obsolete: False
Description: The process in which the nucleoprotein complex (composed of the broken single-strand DNA and the recombinase) searches and identifies a region of homology in intact duplex DNA. The broken single-strand DNA displaces the like strand and forms Watson-Crick base pairs with its complement, forming a duplex in which each strand is from one of the two recombining DNA molecules.
Child Functions
| id | name |
|---|---|
| GO:0000708 | meiotic strand invasion |
| GO:0034636 | strand invasion involved in gene conversion at mating-type locus |
Parent Functions
| id | name |
|---|---|
| GO:0006259 | DNA metabolic process |
