DNA replication

id: GO:0006260
name: DNA replication
namespace: biological_process
type: go
obsolete: False

Description: The cellular metabolic process in which a cell duplicates one or more molecules of DNA. DNA replication begins when specific sequences, known as origins of replication, are recognized and bound by initiation proteins, and ends when the original DNA molecule has been completely duplicated and the copies topologically separated. The unit of replication usually corresponds to the genome of the cell, an organelle, or a virus. The template for replication can either be an existing DNA molecule or RNA.

Child Functions

idname
GO:0001326replication of extrachromosomal circular DNA
GO:0006261DNA-dependent DNA replication
GO:0006278RNA-dependent DNA replication
GO:0006279premeiotic DNA replication

Parent Functions

idname
GO:0006259DNA metabolic process
GO:0034645cellular macromolecule biosynthetic process