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Okazaki

Okazaki

Reiji and Tuneko, 20th century Japanese biochemists.

See: okazaki fragment.


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Re: Okazaki fragments

it would be DNA ligase, right?

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by toaddie
Sun Jan 18, 2009 2:39 pm
 
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Okazaki fragments
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Re: Okazaki fragments

Would they be RNA ligase or DNA ligase?

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by toaddie
Sat Jan 17, 2009 4:57 pm
 
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Topic: Okazaki fragments
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Okazaki fragments

I am confused by how okazaki fragments are joined together? like by what?

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by toaddie
Fri Jan 16, 2009 5:59 pm
 
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Topic: Okazaki fragments
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DNA replication

Your list is correct, but only for the lagging strand. For the leading strand, things are simpler: no Okazaki fragments are required and the elongation of the new DNA strand is continuous. Certainly nucleotides could not be added to the 3' of the primer before the primer is ...

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by MrMistery
Sun Jun 29, 2008 9:54 am
 
Forum: Cell Biology
Topic: DNA replication
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DNA replication

... DNA 2. Primase catalyzes the formation of an RNA primer 3. DNA polymerase begins replication by adding nucleotides to the 3’ end of the primer 4. Okazaki fragments are formed 5. Okazaki fragments are ligated together to form a single continuous DNA strand. Just having an issue with 2 and 3. Could ...

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by NewtoBiology
Sun Jun 29, 2008 1:54 am
 
Forum: Cell Biology
Topic: DNA replication
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