positive regulation of strand invasion

Term ID

GO:0098530

Synonyms

• positive regulation of D-loop biosynthesis
• positive regulation of D-loop formation
• positive regulation of Rad51-mediated strand invasion

Definition

Any process that increases the rate, frequency or extent of strand invasion. Strand invasion is the process in which the nucleoprotein complex (composed of the broken single-strand DNA and the recombinase) searches and identifies a region of homology in intact duplex DNA. The broken single-strand DNA displaces the like strand and forms Watson-Crick base pairs with its complement, forming a duplex in which each strand is from one of the two recombining DNA molecules.

References

Ontology

GO: Biological Process    QuickGO    AmiGO