Okazaki fragment

noun

Etymology

Named after Japanese molecular biologist Reiji Okazaki (1930–1975), the leader of its discoverers in the 1960s.

Definitions

  1. One of many short, newly synthesized DNA fragments formed on the lagging template strand…

    One of many short, newly synthesized DNA fragments formed on the lagging template strand (i.e. lagging strand) during DNA replication.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for Okazaki fragment. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

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