Leading & Lagging strand Flashcards

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How is the leading strand formed?

A

By continuous replication in a 5’ to 3’ direction.

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How is the lagging strand formed?

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By discontinuous replication built up in Okazaki fragments, in a 5’ to 3’ direction.

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What is a primer?

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A short sequence of nucleotides already joined together and says when to start DNA replication.

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What does helicase enzyme do?

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Unzips DNA up until a replication fork, breaking hydrogen bonds.

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