Preferred Label : DNA Replication Fork;
NCIt definition : DNA replication is a process that allows two new double helixes of DNA to be created
from one double helix. During replication, Y-shaped regions of replicating DNA molecules
are mobilized, where the enzymes replicating a DNA molecule bind to an untwisted,
single DNA strand. This Y-shaped region is referred to as a replication fork. Bacteria
and viruses only process one replication fork at a time, while eukaryotic DNA has
many replication forks moving along DNA strands at the same time.;
Origin ID : C48196;
UMLS CUI : C0598316;
Associated anatomy of gene products
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