Term Name:	transcription-coupled nucleotide-excision repair, DNA damage recognition
Synonyms:	pyrimidine-dimer repair, DNA damage recognition
Definition:	The identification of lesions on the actively transcribed strand of the DNA duplex as well as a small subset of lesions not recognized by the general nucleotide-excision repair pathway.
Ontology:	GO: Biological Process [GO:0000716]    QuickGO    AmiGO