mismatch repair

mismatch repair
A DNA repair process that corrects mismatched base pairs.

Glossary of Biotechnology for Food and Agriculture . 2015.

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  • Mismatch repair — A system within the cell for correcting errors in DNA that works by detecting and replacing bases in the DNA that are wrongly paired (mismatched bases). The system repairs the mismatch. When there is a mismatch in the DNA, a mismatch correction… …   Medical dictionary

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  • mismatch repair — A DNA repair system that detects and replaces wrongly paired, mismatched, bases in newly replicated DNA. E. coli has a mismatch correction enzyme coded for by three genes mutH, mutL and mutS, that is directed to the newly synthesized strand and… …   Dictionary of molecular biology

  • DNA mismatch repair — is a system for recognizing and repairing erroneous insertion, deletion and mis incorporation of bases that can arise during DNA replication and recombination, as well as repairing some forms of DNA damage.[1][2] Mismatch repair is strand… …   Wikipedia

  • Mismatch — Cette page d’homonymie répertorie les différents sujets et articles partageant un même nom. Le terme mismatch (de l anglais mis, mal et match, adapté) désigne ce qui n est pas ou plus adapté. En sciences Mismatch en psychologie évolutionniste… …   Wikipédia en Français

  • Repair, mismatch — A system within the cell for correcting errors in DNA that works by detecting and replacing bases in the DNA that are wrongly paired (mismatched bases). The system repairs the mismatch. When there is a mismatch in the DNA, a mismatch correction… …   Medical dictionary

  • repair — Restoration of diseased or damaged tissues naturally by healing processes or artificially, as by surgical means. [M.E., fr. O.Fr., fr. L. re paro, fr. re , back, again, + paro, prepare, put in order] chemical r. conversion of a free radical to a… …   Medical dictionary

  • DNA repair — For the journal, see DNA Repair (journal). DNA damage resulting in multiple broken chromosomes DNA repair refers to a collection of processes by which a cell identifies and corrects damage to the DNA molecules that encode its genome. In human… …   Wikipedia

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