GO cellular component ontology term - GO:0035861 - site of double-strand break
Term summary
- ID
- GO:0035861
- Name
- site of double-strand break
- Ontology or CV name
- GO cellular component
- Definition
- A region of a chromosome at which a DNA double-strand break has occurred. DNA damage signaling and repair proteins accumulate at the lesion to respond to the damage and repair the DNA to form a continuous DNA helix.