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