Medical Definition of SOS system

1. The DNA repair system also called error prone repair in which apurinic DNA molecules are repaired by incorporation of a base that may be the wrong base but that permits replication. RecA protein is required for this type of repair. SOS genes function in control of the cell cycle in pro and eu karyotes. This entry appears with permission from the Dictionary of Cell and Molecular Biology (11 Mar 2008)

Lexicographical Neighbors of SOS System

SOHC
SOHCs
SOHO
SOKOP
SOLID
SON
SONET
SORN
SOS
SOS's
SOS genes
SOS repair
SOS system (current term)
SOSes
SOTA
SOTU
SOV
SOWPODS
SP
SP1
SP220K cell surface matrix proteinase
SPAD
SPADed
SPADing
SPADs
SPAG
SPAM

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