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What enzymes aid in the process of DNA replication?

There are many enzymes involved in the process of DNA replication.The main ones are DNA Helicases, DNA Polymerases and DNA Ligases.DNA Helicases are responsible for "unzipping", or separating, the two strands of DNA so that replication can begin.DNA Polymerases are responsible for adding nucleotides to the strand of DNA that is being created.DNA Ligases are responsible for joining newly created segments of DNA together (most notably the fragments created on the lagging strand).


Which strand (leading or lagging) will have the okazaki fragments?

The lagging strand will have the Okazaki fragments. These short fragments are created as the DNA replication machinery synthesizes the new DNA strand discontinuously in the 5'-3' direction away from the replication fork.


At each replication fork one new strand of DNA is made of many small pieces. what is the strand of DNA called?

When the two parent strands of DNA are separated to begin replication, one strand is oriented in the 5' to 3' direction while the other strand is oriented in the 3' to 5' direction. DNA replication, however, is inflexible: the enzyme that carries out the replication, DNA polymerase, only functions in the 5' to 3' direction. This characteristic of DNA polymerase means that the daughter strands synthesize through different methods, one adding nucleotides one by one in the direction of the replication fork, the other able to add nucleotides only in chunks. The first strand, which replicates nucleotides one by one is called the leading strand; the other strand, which replicates in chunks, is called the lagging strand. The lagging strand replicates in small segments, called Okazaki fragments. These fragments are stretches of 100 to 200 nucleotides in humans (1000 to 2000 in bacteria).


There is a y shaped replication fork on each side of each replication bubble what are the sides of the replication fork called?

One is known as the Leading strand, and the other is known as the Lagging strand.


What is the definition of a lagging strand?

A lagging strand is one of two strands of DNA found at the replication fork, or junction, in the double helix; the other strand is called the leading strand. A lagging strand requires a slight delay before undergoing replication, and it must undergo replication discontinuously in small fragments.

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What enzymes aid in the process of DNA replication?

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Which strand (leading or lagging) will have the okazaki fragments?

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