D_loop
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.
SO:0001411
biological_region
is_a
D-loop
exact
INSDC_feature:D-loop
exact
displacement loop
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