Term Name: replication fork arrest
Synonyms: negative regulation of DNA replication at replication fork barrier, replication fork blocking, replication fork stalling
Definition: Any process that stops, prevents, or reduces the frequency, rate or extent of DNA replication by impeding the progress of the DNA replication fork. Replication fork arrest is one of the 'quality control' processes ensuring that DNA-dependent DNA replication occurs correctly. DNA replication fork arrest during DNA-dependent DNA replication is not known to occur outside of cases where a replication error needs to be prevented or corrected.
Ontology: GO: Biological Process [GO:0043111]    QuickGO    AmiGO

Relationships
is a type of: DNA-templated DNA replication maintenance of fidelity negative regulation of DNA-templated DNA replication
has subtype: replication fork arrest at mating type locus replication fork arrest at rDNA repeats replication fork arrest at tRNA locus replication fork arrest involved in DNA replication termination