Category:SO:0000297 ! D loop
id: SO:0000297
name: D_loop
def: "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." [1]
synonym: "D-loop" EXACT []
synonym: "displacement loop" RELATED []
xref: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/D_loop "wiki"
is_a: SO:0000296 ! origin_of_replication
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