Proteins & Nucleic Acid
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 Helicase | an enzyme that untwists the double helix at the replication forks, separating the two parental strands and making them available as template strands |
| DNA Polymerase | An enzyme that catalyzes the elongation of new DNA at a replication fork by the addition of nucleotides to the existing chain. |
| Okazaki Fragments | Short fragments of DNA that are a result of the synthesis of the lagging strand during DNA replication |
| Phosphodiester bond | the type of bond that links the nucleotides in DNA or RNA. joins the phosphate group of one nucleotide to the hydroxyl group on the sugar of another nucleotide |
| RNA primase | an RNA polymerase that synthesises a short RNA primer sequence to initiate DNA replication |
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