Category:GO:0006260 ! DNA replication

name: DNA replication
namespace: biological_process
alt_id: GO:0055133
def: "The cellular metabolic process in which a cell duplicates one or more molecules of DNA. DNA replication begins when specific sequences, known as origins of replication, are recognized and bound by the origin recognition complex, and ends when the original DNA molecule has been completely duplicated and the copies topologically separated. The unit of replication usually corresponds to the genome of the cell, an organelle, or a virus. The template for replication can either be an existing DNA molecule or RNA." [GOC:mah]
comment: DNA biosynthesis is only part of this process. See also the biological process terms 'DNA-dependent DNA replication ; GO:0006261' and 'RNA-dependent DNA replication ; GO:0006278'.
subset: goslim_drosophila
subset: goslim_euk_cellular_processes_ribbon
subset: goslim_generic
subset: goslim_pir
subset: goslim_pombe
subset: goslim_prokaryote
subset: goslim_yeast
xref: Wikipedia:DNA_replication
is_a: GO:0006259 ! DNA metabolic process
relationship: has_part: GO:0071897 ! DNA biosynthetic process

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