DNA strand invasion
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.
GO:0006259
DNA metabolic process
is_a
GO:0006310
DNA recombination
part_of
D-loop biosynthesis
related
D-loop formation
related
Rad51-mediated strand invasion
exact
displacement loop biosynthesis
related
displacement loop formation
related
strand invasion
exact
SPAC20H4.07 SPAC8E11.03c SPAC222.15 SPAC3C7.03c SPBC28F2.07 SPBC409.03 SPAC644.14c SPAC13A11.03