Term Information

Accession
GO:0006281
Name
DNA repair
Ontology
biological_process
Synonyms
None
Alternate IDs
None
Definition
The process of restoring DNA after damage. Genomes are subject to damage by chemical and physical agents in the environment (e.g. UV and ionizing radiations, chemical mutagens, fungal and bacterial toxins, etc.) and by free radicals or alkylating agents endogenously generated in metabolism. DNA is also damaged because of errors during its replication. A variety of different DNA repair pathways have been reported that include direct reversal, base excision repair, nucleotide excision repair, photoreactivation, bypass, double-strand break repair pathway, and mismatch repair pathway. Source: PMID:11563486
Comment
None
History
See term history for GO:0006281 at QuickGO
Subset
goslim_drosophila
goslim_generic
prokaryote_subset
goslim_yeast
goslim_pir
goslim_pombe
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Parents of DNA repair (GO:0006281)
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DNA repair [is_a relation] is_a  DNA damage response (GO:0006974)
DNA repair [is_a relation] is_a  DNA metabolic process (GO:0006259)
Children of DNA repair (GO:0006281)
subject[Reorder by subject] relation[Reorder by relation] object[Reorder by object]
viral DNA repair (GO:0046787) [is_a relation] is_a  DNA repair
base-excision repair (GO:0006284) [is_a relation] is_a  DNA repair
protein-DNA covalent cross-linking repair (GO:0106300) [is_a relation] is_a  DNA repair
DNA replication proofreading (GO:0045004) [is_a relation] is_a  DNA repair
nucleotide-excision repair (GO:0006289) [is_a relation] is_a  DNA repair
double-strand break repair (GO:0006302) [is_a relation] is_a  DNA repair
DNA dealkylation involved in DNA repair (GO:0006307) [BFO:0000050 relation] BFO:0000050  DNA repair
DNA synthesis involved in DNA repair (GO:0000731) [BFO:0000050 relation] BFO:0000050  DNA repair
DNA ligation involved in DNA repair (GO:0051103) [BFO:0000050 relation] BFO:0000050  DNA repair
positive regulation of DNA repair (GO:0045739) [RO:0002213 relation] RO:0002213  DNA repair
single strand break repair (GO:0000012) [is_a relation] is_a  DNA repair
interstrand cross-link repair (GO:0036297) [is_a relation] is_a  DNA repair
postreplication repair (GO:0006301) [is_a relation] is_a  DNA repair
regulation of DNA repair (GO:0006282) [RO:0002211 relation] RO:0002211  DNA repair
negative regulation of DNA repair (GO:0045738) [RO:0002212 relation] RO:0002212  DNA repair
recombinational repair (GO:0000725) [is_a relation] is_a  DNA repair
mismatch repair (GO:0006298) [is_a relation] is_a  DNA repair
non-photoreactive DNA repair (GO:0010213) [is_a relation] is_a  DNA repair
mitochondrial DNA repair (GO:0043504) [is_a relation] is_a  DNA repair
pyrimidine dimer repair (GO:0006290) [is_a relation] is_a  DNA repair
UV-damage excision repair (GO:0070914) [is_a relation] is_a  DNA repair
Wikipedia
DNA_repair