GO biological process ontology term - GO:0006270 - DNA replication initiation
Term summary
- ID
- GO:0006270
- Name
- DNA replication initiation
- Ontology or CV name
- GO biological process
- Definition
- The process in which DNA-dependent DNA replication is started; it begins when specific sequences, known as origins of replication, are recognized and bound by the origin recognition complex, followed by DNA unwinding.
