negative regulation of strand invasion

Term ID

GO:0060543

Synonyms

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

Definition

Any process that decreases 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