Holliday junction

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Etymology

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Named after Robin Holliday, who proposed it in 1964 to account for homologous recombination in Ustilago maydis.

Noun

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Holliday junction (plural Holliday junctions)

  1. (genetics) A junction between four strands of DNA. They are a key intermediate in many types of genetic recombination, as well as in double-strand break repair.

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