Term Information

Accession
GO:0005657
Name
replication fork
Ontology
cellular_component
Synonyms
replication focus
Alternate IDs
None
Definition
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. Source: ISBN:0198547684, GOC:mah
Comment
None
History
See term history for GO:0005657 at QuickGO
Subset
None
Feedback
Comments, changes to terms, or requests for new ontology terms can be made at GO issue tracker on GitHub.

Filter results

Loading...
pending...
Parents of replication fork (GO:0005657)
subject[Reorder by subject] relation[Reorder by relation] object[Reorder by object]
replication fork [is_a relation] is_a  cellular anatomical entity (GO:0110165)
replication fork [BFO:0000050 relation] BFO:0000050  chromosome (GO:0005694)
Children of replication fork (GO:0005657)
subject[Reorder by subject] relation[Reorder by relation] object[Reorder by object]
DNA replication factor C complex (GO:0005663) [BFO:0000050 relation] BFO:0000050  replication fork
replisome (GO:0030894) [BFO:0000050 relation] BFO:0000050  replication fork
nuclear replication fork (GO:0043596) [is_a relation] is_a  replication fork
cytoplasmic replication fork (GO:0043597) [is_a relation] is_a  replication fork
Wikipedia
Replication_fork