Cointegrate
Encyclopedia
A cointegrate is the intermediate molecule which donor DNA
and target DNA covalently bind during the formation of a Holliday junction
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DNA
Deoxyribonucleic acid is a nucleic acid that contains the genetic instructions used in the development and functioning of all known living organisms . The DNA segments that carry this genetic information are called genes, but other DNA sequences have structural purposes, or are involved in...
and target DNA covalently bind during the formation of a Holliday junction
Holliday junction
A Holliday junction is a mobile junction between four strands of DNA. The structure is named after Robin Holliday, who proposed it in 1964 to account for a particular type of exchange of genetic information he observed in yeast known as homologous recombination...
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