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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 |