Term Details for "DNA unwinding involved in DNA replication" (GO:0006268) (original) (raw)

Accession

GO:0006268

Name

DNA unwinding involved in DNA replication

Ontology

biological_process

Synonyms

DNA unwinding during replication, DNA unwinding factor

Alternate IDs

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Definition

The process in which interchain hydrogen bonds between two strands of DNA are broken or 'melted', generating unpaired template strands for DNA replication.Source: ISBN:0815316194,ISBN:071673706X

Comment

Note that this term refers to a geometric change in DNA conformation, and should not be confused with 'DNA topological change ; GO:0006265'.

History

See term history for GO:0006268 at QuickGO

Chem. react.

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Subset

None

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