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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 |