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| An enzyme that joins RNA nucleotides to make a primer during DNA replication, using the parental DNA strand as a template. |
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| An enzyme that catalyzes the elongation of new DNA by the addition of nucleotides to the 3' end of an existing chain. There are several diff. DNA polymerases; DNA polymerase III and DNA polymerase I play major roles in DNA replication in E. coli. |
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| Referring to the arrangement of the sugar-phosphate backbones in a DNA double helix. (They run in opposite 5' 3' direction) |
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| The tandemly repetitive DNA at the end of a eukaryotic chromosomes DNA molecule. Telomeres protect the organisms genes from being eroded during successive rounds of replication. |
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| Site where the repl8ication of a molecule begins. Consisting of a specific sequence of nucleotides. |
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| A short segment of DNA synthesized away from the replication fork on a template strand during DNA replication. Many such segments are joined together to make up the lagging strand of newly synthesized DNA. |
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| A short stretch of RNA with a free 3' end, bound by complementary base pairing to the template strand & elongated with DNA nucleotides during DNA replication. |
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