Category:GO:0035861 ! site of double-strand break

name: site of double-strand break
namespace: cellular_component
def: "A region of a chromosome at which a DNA double-strand break has occurred. DNA damage signaling and repair proteins accumulate at the lesion to respond to the damage and repair the DNA to form a continuous DNA helix." [GOC:bf, GOC:mah, GOC:vw, PMID:20096808, PMID:21035408]
synonym: "DNA damage foci" RELATED [GOC:vw]
synonym: "DNA damage focus" RELATED [GOC:mah, PMID:20096808, PMID:21035408]
synonym: "ionizing radiation-induced foci" RELATED [PMID:20096808, PMID:21035408]
synonym: "IRIF" RELATED [PMID:20096808, PMID:21035408]
synonym: "site of DSB" EXACT [PMID:21035408]
is_a: GO:0090734 ! site of DNA damage

AmiGO <GOterm>GO:0035861</GOterm>
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