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Okazaki fragments

Okazaki fragments is the plural of Okazaki fragment.

Meaning of Okazaki fragment

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.

Questions about Okazaki fragments

What is Okazaki fragments the plural of?
Okazaki fragments is the plural of Okazaki fragment.

Words near Okazaki fragments in the dictionary

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