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Okazaki fragment

Okazaki fragment noun: one of many short, newly synthesized DNA fragments formed on the lagging template strand (i.e. lagging strand) during DNA replication.

Noun

Okazaki fragment (plural Okazaki fragments)

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

Okazaki fragment meaning in Tamil, Arabic and Indonesian

Okazaki fragment in Tamil

one of many newly synthesized DNA fragments formed on the lagging template strand during replication
ஒகசாகியின் துண்டு okacākiyiṉ tuṇṭu

Okazaki fragment in Arabic

one of many newly synthesized DNA fragments formed on the lagging template strand during replication
شَظَايَا أُوكَازَاكِي šaẓāyā ʔūkāzākī, قَطْع أُوكَازَاكِي qaṭʕ ʔūkāzākī

Okazaki fragment in Indonesian

one of many newly synthesized DNA fragments formed on the lagging template strand during replication
fragmen Okazaki

Forms of Okazaki fragment

pluralOkazaki fragments

Origin of Okazaki fragment

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

Questions about Okazaki fragment

What does Okazaki fragment mean?
Okazaki fragment means one of many short, newly synthesized DNA fragments formed on the lagging template strand (i.e. lagging strand) during DNA replication.
What is Okazaki fragment in Tamil?
Okazaki fragment in Tamil is ஒகசாகியின் துண்டு (okacākiyiṉ tuṇṭu). See Okazaki fragment meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is Okazaki fragment?
Okazaki fragment is a noun.
What is the plural of Okazaki fragment?
The plural of Okazaki fragment is Okazaki fragments.

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