"MutS Homolog 3 Protein" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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A MutS homolog protein and component of post-replicative DNA MISMATCH REPAIR. It forms a heterodimer with MUTS HOMOLOG 2 PROTEIN (MSH2) and recognizes large insertion-deletion loops up to 13 nucleotides in length. This directs downstream events such as strand discrimination, excision, and resynthesis.
| Descriptor ID |
D000074081
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| MeSH Number(s) |
D12.776.260.556.875
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