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Holliday junction

noun

Etymology

Named after Robin Holliday, who proposed it in 1964 to account for homologous recombination in Ustilago maydis.

Definitions

  1. A junction between four strands of DNA. They are a key intermediate in many types of…

    A junction between four strands of DNA. They are a key intermediate in many types of genetic recombination, as well as in double-strand break repair.

The neighborhood

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No curated loop yet for Holliday junction. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

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