DNA replication is restricted to a specific time window of the cell cycle, called S phase. Successful progression through S phase requires replication to be properly regulated to ensure that the entire genome is duplicated exactly once, without errors, in a timely fashion. As a result, DNA replication has evolved into a tightly regulated process involving the coordinated action of numerous factors that function in all phases of the cell cycle. Biochemical mechanisms driving the eukaryotic cell division cycle have been the subject of a number of mathematical models. However, cell cycle networks reported in literature so far have not addressed the steps of DNA replication.
