DNA replication, synthesis of RNA primer

id: GO:0006269
name: DNA replication, synthesis of RNA primer
namespace: biological_process
type: go
obsolete: False

Description: The synthesis of a short RNA polymer, usually 4-15 nucleotides long, using one strand of unwound DNA as a template; the RNA then serves as a primer from which DNA polymerases extend synthesis.

Parent Functions

idname
GO:0006259DNA metabolic process
GO:0032774RNA biosynthetic process