The initiation of DNA replication in E. coli can occur anywhere on the genome that has repeat sequence elements and requires the interaction of DnaA proteins that results in stretching and bending of DNA causing tension that leads to local unwinding.

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The initiation of DNA replication in E. coli specifically occurs at a single, unique site on the genome known as the origin of replication (oriC). DnaA proteins bind to DnaA boxes within oriC, facilitating the unwinding of DNA, but this process does not occur at random repeat sequence elements throughout the genome.

The Initiation of DNA Replication in E