[The preferential repair of DNA lesions on the actively transcribed strand of the DNA duplex. In addition, the transcription-coupled nucleotide-excision repair pathway is required for the recognition and repair of a small subset of lesions that are not recognized by the general nucleotide excision repair pathway. [PMID:10197977, PMID:11900249] ( GO )]
UMLS (NCI) C1158557Transcription-Coupled Repair