Category:GO:0006281 ! DNA repair

name: DNA repair
namespace: biological_process
def: "The process of restoring DNA after damage. Genomes are subject to damage by chemical and physical agents in the environment (e.g. UV and ionizing radiations, chemical mutagens, fungal and bacterial toxins, etc.) and by free radicals or alkylating agents endogenously generated in metabolism. DNA is also damaged because of errors during its replication. A variety of different DNA repair pathways have been reported that include direct reversal, base excision repair, nucleotide excision repair, photoreactivation, bypass, double-strand break repair pathway, and mismatch repair pathway." [PMID:11563486]
subset: goslim_drosophila
subset: goslim_euk_cellular_processes_ribbon
subset: goslim_generic
subset: goslim_pir
subset: goslim_pombe
subset: goslim_prokaryote
subset: goslim_yeast
xref: Wikipedia:DNA_repair
is_a: GO:0006259 ! DNA metabolic process
is_a: GO:0006974 ! DNA damage response

AmiGO <GOterm>GO:0006281</GOterm>
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