Nucleic Acids and Inheritance Flashcards
1
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ORI
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The point at which replication starts
2
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Replication fork
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The Y-shaped region where new DNA strands are elongating
3
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Helicase
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Enzymes that untwist and separate the double helix at the replication forks
4
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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
5
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Topoisomerase
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corrects unwinding ahead of replication forks by breaking, swivelling and rejoining DNA strands
6
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Primase
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Primes the reaction, gets the process happening
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