Term Name: | transcription-coupled nucleotide-excision repair |
---|---|
Synonyms: | TC-NER, TCR, transcription-coupled NER, transcription-coupled repair |
Definition: | The nucleotide-excision repair process that carries out preferential repair of DNA lesions on the actively transcribed strand of the DNA duplex. In addition, the transcription-coupled nucleotide-excision repair pathway is required for the recognition and repair of a small subset of lesions that are not recognized by the global genome nucleotide excision repair pathway. |
Ontology: | GO: Biological Process [GO:0006283] QuickGO AmiGO |