Model of the Origin Recognition Complex Bound to DNA

This animation shows the origin recognition complex (ORC), which recognizes and binds DNA to start replication, the process that copies the cell's genetic material prior to cell division. See the NIGMS Structural Biology Fact Sheet [https://www.nigms.nih.gov/education/pages/Factsheet_StructuralBiology.aspx] for related information. Credit: Huilin Li, Brookhaven National Laboratory and Bruce Stillman, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory.