Medical Definition of SOS repair

1. A system that repairs severely damaged bases in DNA by base excision and replacement, even if there is no template to guide base selection. This process is a last resort for repair, and is often the cause of mutations. Synonym: error-prone repair. (05 Mar 2000)

Lexicographical Neighbors of SOS Repair

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

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