Term Name: mismatch repair
Synonyms: long patch mismatch repair system, mismatch repair, MutL-like pathway, MMR, MutS/MutL/MutH pathway
Definition: A system for the correction of errors in which an incorrect base, which cannot form hydrogen bonds with the corresponding base in the parent strand, is incorporated into the daughter strand. The mismatch repair system promotes genomic fidelity by repairing base-base mismatches, insertion-deletion loops and heterologies generated during DNA replication and recombination.
Ontology: GO: Biological Process [GO:0006298]    QuickGO    AmiGO

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is a type of: DNA repair
has subtype: meiotic mismatch repair mismatch repair involved in maintenance of fidelity involved in DNA-dependent DNA replication
negatively regulated by: negative regulation of mismatch repair
positively regulated by: positive regulation of mismatch repair
regulated by: regulation of mismatch repair