Okazaki Fragment Definition

noun

One of many short, newly synthesized DNA fragments formed on the lagging template strand during DNA replication .

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Origin of Okazaki Fragment

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

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