id | GO:0006268   Detailed information
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  name | DNA unwinding involved in replication
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  namespace | biological_process
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  def | "The process in which interchain hydrogen bonds between two strands of DNA are broken or 'melted', generating unpaired template strands for DNA replication." [ISBN:071673706X, ISBN:0815316194]
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  comment | Note that this term refers to a geometric change in DNA conformation, and should not be confused with 'DNA topological change ; GO:0006265'.
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  subset | gosubset_prok
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  is_a | GO:0032508 ! DNA duplex unwinding
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  intersection_of | GO:0032508 ! DNA duplex unwinding
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  intersection_of | part_of GO:0006261 ! DNA-dependent DNA replication
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  relationship | part_of GO:0006261 ! DNA-dependent DNA replication
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