2. One repair mechanism for double-strand breaks involves the unwinding of the damaged DNA followed by the invasion of a template that contains identical or highly similar sequences as the damaged DNA. What is the name of this mechanism? Nucleotide excision repair Nonhomologous end joining Homologous recombination Mismatch repair

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2. One repair mechanism for double-strand
breaks involves the unwinding of the damaged
DNA followed by the invasion of a template
that contains identical or highly similar
sequences as the damaged DNA.
What is the name of this mechanism?
Nucleotide excision repair
Nonhomologous end joining
Homologous recombination
Mismatch repair
Transcribed Image Text:2. One repair mechanism for double-strand breaks involves the unwinding of the damaged DNA followed by the invasion of a template that contains identical or highly similar sequences as the damaged DNA. What is the name of this mechanism? Nucleotide excision repair Nonhomologous end joining Homologous recombination Mismatch repair
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