DNA replication complexes (replisomes) frequently encounter obstacles that prematurely disengage the complexes from DNA templates during chromosomal replication. Such events require reloading of the replisome to prevent incomplete replication and cell death. Estimates suggest that up to 86% of Escherichia coli cells go through this process under nonstress growth condition (Maisnier-Patin et al., 2001;Mangiameli et al., 2017). Thus, it is critical to rescue incomplete replication through a process called "replication restart" to allow genome duplication (reviewed in Michel & Sandler, 2017;Windgassen et al., 2017). The central step in this process is the reloading of the replicative helicase (DnaB in gram-negative bacteria) so that primase (DnaG), clamp loader, and core DNA polymerase can associate with the repaired replication fork to continue DNA replication. This type of reloading is distinct from initiation of chromosomal DNA replication at oriC with DnaA (Kaguni, 2011) in that replication restart occurs at specific DNA structures rather than at a specific DNA sequence (for a comparison of the two processes see Heller & Marians, 2006).The proteins required for reloading the DnaB replicative helicase during replication restart in E. coli include PriA, PriB, PriC, and DnaT (reviewed in Michel & Sandler, 2017;Windgassen et al., 2017).These proteins mediate three pathways in the cell that have been defined genetically as the PriA-PriB, PriA-PriC, and PriC pathways (Sandler, 2000). There is also substantial biochemical evidence