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Okazaki fragments

Short DNA fragments synthesized discontinuously on the lagging strand.

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Okazaki fragments

Short DNA fragments synthesized discontinuously on the lagging strand.

They are the short DNA fragments synthesized discontinuously on the lagging strand during replication.

Each one starts with an RNA primer synthesized by primase; once DNA polymerase I replaces that primer with DNA, DNA ligase joins them into a continuous strand.

The video states that DNA polymerase III forms them on the lagging strand because it needs a new primer each time, and that DNA polymerase I then replaces their RNA primers with DNA before ligase joins them.

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  • The Rule Behind All Life | The Central Dogma6:21
    pero en la cadena rezagada necesita más de uno, formando pequeños fragmentos llamados fragmentos de Okazaki.
  • The Rule Behind All Life | The Central Dogma6:30
    Estos fragmentos inician con el ARN de los cebadores que, al contener uracilo en lugar de timina, deben ser reemplazados por ADN para asegurar la fidelidad genética. Esta tarea es realizada por la DNA polimerasa I, que elimina los primers de ARN y los sustituye por nucleótidos de ADN.
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