Okazaki fragment
English
Etymology
Named after Japanese molecular biologist Reiji Okazaki (1930–1975), the leader of its discoverers in the 1960s.
Noun
Okazaki fragment (plural Okazaki fragments)
- (genetics, often in the plural) One of many short, newly synthesized DNA fragments formed on the lagging template strand (i.e. lagging strand) during DNA replication.
Translations
one of many newly synthesized DNA fragments formed on the lagging template strand during replication
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