A protein-DNA complex containing at least one DNA helicase and one primase. Can also contain associated proteins. The helicase component continues to unwind the double-stranded DNA (dsDNA) and the primase component synthesizes a RNA primer during initiation or restart of replication.
Source:PMID:21856207,
GOC:bhm
Comment
The core primosome refers to a helicase-primase complex, and should not be confused with the more general GO term 'primosome complex ; GO:1990077'.