Okazaki fragments are short sequences of DNA nucleotides (approximately 150 to 200 base pairs long in eukaryotes) which are synthesized discontinuously...

replication and especially for describing the role of Okazaki fragments along with his wife Tsuneko. Okazaki was born in Hiroshima, Japan. He graduated in 1953...

once at the origin on the leading strand and at the start of each Okazaki fragment on the lagging strand. Replication starts at origins of replication...

replication and specifically for discovering Okazaki fragments, along with her late husband Reiji. Dr. Tsuneko Okazaki has continued to be involved in academia...

Okazaki may refer to: Okazaki (surname) Okazaki, Aichi, a city in Japan Okazaki Castle, a castle in Japan Okazaki fragments, DNA fragments formed during...

addition to meiotic defects. A ubiquitous task in cells is the removal of Okazaki fragment RNA primers from replication. Most such primers are excised from newly...

the fragmented strands together, completing the synthesis of the lagging strand. In prokaryotes, DNA polymerase I synthesizes the Okazaki fragment until...

repair factors) Formation of phosphodiester bonds at gaps between Okazaki fragments (ligase) In general, the challenges of DNA replication involve the...

2009). Distinguishing the pathways of primer removal during Eukaryotic Okazaki fragment maturation (Ph.D. thesis). School of Medicine and Dentistry, University...

short DNA segments called Okazaki fragments. Each Okazaki fragment requires a separate RNA primer. As the Okazaki fragments are synthesized, the RNA primers...