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Definition noun, plural: Okazaki fragments Relatively short fragment of DNA synthesized on the lagging strand during DNA... Read More

An enzyme is a catalyst or a chemical produced by cells to speed up a biochemical reaction. It is usually a protein molecule... Read More

Replication, in the general sense, is to create a copy or a duplicate. Thus, in biology, replication is commonly associated... Read More

DNA Replication Definition DNA replication is the process of copying and duplicating a DNA molecule. The process is carried... Read More

rolling circle mechanism (Science: molecular biology) A mechanism of dNA replication in many viral dNAs, in bacterial f... Read More

Lagging strand The dna strand that is replicated discontinuously from the 5' to the 3' direction. See: okazaki... Read More

primase (Science: enzyme) The enzyme that polymerises nucleotide triphosphates to form oligoribonucleotides in a 5' to 3'... Read More

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