Nucleic Acids and Inheritance Flashcards

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ORI

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The point at which replication starts

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Replication fork

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The Y-shaped region where new DNA strands are elongating

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3
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Helicase

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Enzymes that untwist and separate the double helix at the replication forks

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Single-strand binding protein

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binds to and stabilizes single-stranded DNA until it can be used as a template

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5
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Topoisomerase

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corrects unwinding ahead of replication forks by breaking, swivelling and rejoining DNA strands

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Primase

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Primes the reaction, gets the process happening

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