replication fork

id: GO:0005657
name: replication fork
namespace: cellular_component
type: go
obsolete: False

Description: The Y-shaped region of a replicating DNA molecule, resulting from the separation of the DNA strands and in which the synthesis of new strands takes place. Also includes associated protein complexes.

Child Functions

idname
GO:0043596nuclear replication fork
GO:0043597cytoplasmic replication fork

Parent Functions

idname
GO:0044427chromosomal part