The rejection of the broken 3' single-strand DNA molecule that formed heteroduplex DNA with its complement in an intact duplex DNA. The Watson-Crick base pairing in the original duplex is restored. The rejected 3' single-strand DNA molecule reanneals with its original complement to reform two intact duplex molecules. [ http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/10357855 ]
Synonyms: strand displacement
Term information
D-loop processing
displacement loop dissociation
displacement loop processing
D-loop dissociation