"Base Pair Mismatch" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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The presence of an uncomplimentary base in double-stranded DNA caused by spontaneous deamination of cytosine or adenine, mismatching during homologous recombination, or errors in DNA replication. Multiple, sequential base pair mismatches lead to formation of heteroduplex DNA; (NUCLEIC ACID HETERODUPLEXES).
Descriptor ID |
D020137
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MeSH Number(s) |
G05.365.590.060
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Concept/Terms |
Base Pair Mismatch- Base Pair Mismatch
- Mismatch, Base Pair
- Base Pair Mismatches
- Mismatches, Base Pair
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