GO biological process ontology term - GO:0006301 - DNA damage tolerance
Term summary
- ID
- GO:0006301
- Name
- DNA damage tolerance
- Ontology or CV name
- GO biological process
- Definition
- A process that promotes the bypass of single-stranded DNA lesions encountered by DNA polymerases during DNA replication, thereby preventing replication fork stalling and allowing completion of DNA replication without removing the damage.
