Term Name: base-excision repair, gap-filling
Synonyms:
Definition: Repair of the damaged strand by the combined action of an apurinic endouclease that degrades a few bases on the damaged strand and a polymerase that synthesizes a 'patch' in the 5' to 3' direction, using the undamaged strand as a template.
Ontology: GO: Biological Process [GO:0006287]    QuickGO    AmiGO

Relationships
is part of: base-excision repair
is a type of: DNA metabolic process