displacement loop
displacement loop
[dis′plās·mənt ‚lüp] (cell and molecular biology)
In circular deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA), a small region in which ribonucleic acid is paired with one strand of DNA, effectively displacing the other DNA strand. Also known as D-loop.
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