D_loop [SO_0000297]

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.
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D_loop

ID: SO_0000297

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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.

Moved from is_a: SO:0000296 origin_of_replication to is_a: SO:0001411 biological_region after Terrence Murphy (INSDC) pointed out that the D loop can also refer to a loop in DNA repair, which is not an origin of replication. See GitHub Issue #417 (https://github.com/The-Sequence-Ontology/SO-Ontologies/issues/417)

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Synonym Scope Reference
D-loop exact synonym
INSDC_feature:D-loop exact synonym
displacement loop related synonym