An enzyme that untwists the double helix of DNA at replication forks, separating the two strands and making them available as template strands.
A short polynucleotide with a free 3' end, bound by complementary base pairing to the template strand and elongated with DNA nucleotide s during DNA replication.
Type of DNA replication in which the replicated double helix consists of one old strand, derived from the parental molecule, and one newly made stand.
The form of native DNA, referring to its two adjacent parallel polynucleotide strands wound around an imaginary axis into a spiral shape.
A Y-shaped region on a replicating DNA molecule where the parental strands are being unwound and new strands are being synthesized.
Site where the replication of a DNA molecule begins, consisting of a specific sequence of nucleotides.
An enzyme that catalyzes the elongation of new DNA by the addition of nucleotide s to the 3'end of an existing chain.
The new complementary DNA strand synthesized continuously along the template strand toward the replication fork in the mandatory 5'-3' direction.
A short segment of DNA synthesized away from the replication fork on a template strand during DNA replication.
A discontinuously synthesized DNA strand that elongates by means of Okazaki fragments, each synthesized in a 5'-3' direction away from the replication fork.
Referring to the arrangement of the sugar-phosphate backbones in a DNA double helix. (run in opposite 5' S 3' directions.)
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A virus that infects bacteria; also called a phage.
An infectious particle incapable of replicating outside of a cell, consisting of RNA or DNA genome surrounded by a protective coat (often a protein coat / (capsid)) and , for some viruses a membranous envelope.
An enzyme that joins RNA nucleotide s to make a primer during DNA replication, using the parental DNA strand as template. template.
A change in genotype and phenotype due to the assimilation of external DNA by a cell. When the external DNA is from a member of a different species the result is horizontal gene transfer.
Single-strand binding protein that binds to unpaired DNA strands during DNA replication, stabilizing them and holding them apart while they serve as templates for the synthesis of complementary strands of DNA.
The process by which a DNA Molecule is copied; also called DNA synthesis.
The process by which``````a cell in culture acquires the ability to divide indefinitely, similar to the division of cancer cells.
An enzyme that helps relieve strain ahead of the fork, by breaking, swiveling and rejoining the DNA strands.
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