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Okazaki fragments are used to elongate the lagging strand. These fragments are used as primers for RNA polymerase to fill up the gaps in the newly formed complimentary DNA on the lagging strand. DNA ligase then seals up the gaps.

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What are DNA fragments that have attached RNA fragments called?

Okazaki fragments.


What is okazaki?

okazaki fragments are new pieces of Dna On the lagging strand


What is another name for stranded?

Okazaki fragments


What is another name for lagging strands?

Okazaki fragments


The enzyme that connects the fragments ( Okazaki fragments) are called?

DNA ligase is the enzyme responsible for connecting the Okazaki fragments on the lagging strand during DNA replication. It catalyzes the formation of phosphodiester bonds to join the individual nucleotides together.


What are the fragments making up the noncontinuous strand called?

The fragments making up the noncontinuous strand in DNA replication are called Okazaki fragments. These are short DNA fragments that are synthesized discontinuously on the lagging strand during DNA replication.


What are the small segments synthesized in the lagging strand of DNA?

Okazaki fragments are the small DNA fragments synthesized on the lagging strand during DNA replication. They are later joined together by DNA ligase to form a continuous strand.


What is role of the DNA ligase in DNA replication?

It joins Okazaki fragments


What fragments are sections of DNA made on the lagging strand?

okazaki fregments


Did reiji okazaki invent anything?

Technically he did not "invent" anything, but he found out and proved that one of the two strands in new forming DNA during replication is replicating discontinuously, which means there are small fragments of DNA, which are to be connected afterwards. These fragments are named after him Okazaki fragments.


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.


Okazaki fragments are joined together by?

During DNA replication Okazaki fragments are joined together by DNA polymerase. Remember that Okazaki fragments start with an RNA primer so RNAse H is need to remove the primer follwed by DNA plymerase to add nucleotides and finally DNA ligase to seal the single strand nick.