Prokaryotic polymerase Prokaryotic polymerases exist in two forms: core polymerase and holoenzyme. Core polymerase synthesizes DNA from the DNA template…
DNA Proofreading and Repair DNA replication is a highly accurate process, but mistakes can occasionally occur, such as a DNA…
DNA Replication Process Genetic material must be able to be accurately replicated and passed on from one generation to the…
Most organisms, including mammals, use bi-directional replication. There are four basic components required to initiate and propagate DNA synthesis. They are…
The replication fork is a structure that forms within the long helical DNA during DNA replication. It is created by helicases, which break…
When scientists first began studying how DNA polymerase works during replication, they considered that it always added nucleotides in a…
Okazaki fragments are short sequences of DNA nucleotides approximately 150 to 200 base pairs long in eukaryotes which are synthesized discontinuously…
An origin of replication is a sequence of DNA at which replication is started on a chromosome, plasmid or virus. For small DNAs, including…
Biological viruses are formed during the infection process in the target host cells through the viral replication. Most DNA viruses assemble in…
Deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) is a molecule that has the biological instructions that make each species unique and it is present in the…