| id | GO:0032508 Detailed information
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| name | DNA duplex unwinding
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| namespace | biological_process
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| def | "The process in which interchain hydrogen bonds between two strands of DNA are broken or 'melted', generating a region of unpaired single strands." [GOC:isa_complete, GOC:mah]
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| comment | Note that this term refers to a geometric change in DNA conformation, and should not be confused with 'DNA topological change ; GO:0006265'.
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| synonym | "DNA unwinding" EXACT []
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| synonym | "duplex DNA melting" EXACT []
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| is_a | GO:0032392 ! DNA geometric change
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