| Name | DNA strand invasion |
| ID | GO_0042148 |
| collection_id | Biological process |
| Exact synonym | Rad51-mediated strand invasion, strand invasion |
| Related synonym | D-loop biosynthesis, D-loop formation, displacement loop biosynthesis, displacement loop formation |
| Description | 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. |
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