Postreplication checkpoint

A postreplication checkpoint is a DNA damage checkpoint response that provides time for the repair of daughter-strand gaps generated by the eukaryotic replication fork at sites of DNA damage.{{cite journal | vauthors = Callegari AJ, Kelly TJ | title = UV irradiation induces a postreplication DNA damage checkpoint | journal = Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America | volume = 103 | issue = 43 | pages = 15877–82 | date = October 2006 | pmid = 17043220 | pmc = 1613229 | doi = 10.1073/pnas.0607343103 | doi-access = free }}