English Explanatory Dictionary

Okazaki fragment

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. One of many short, newly synthesized DNA fragments formed on the lagging template strand (i.e. lagging strand) during DNA replication.

Pronunciation

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Word forms

Okazaki fragment Okazaki fragments

Etymology

Named after Japanese molecular biologist Reiji Okazaki (1930–1975), the leader of its discoverers in the 1960s.

Related words

lagging strand
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