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lagging strand
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lagging strand [′lagĀ·iŋ ‚strand]
(cell and molecular biology)
In deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) replication, the 3′ to 5′ DNA strand that is discontinuously synthesized as a series of Okazaki fragments in the 5′ to 3′ direction.


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Others have linked sensitivity to low doses of camptothecin to heightened sensitivity of cells in S phase (43) and have provided evidence that camptothecin-induced DSBs resulting from stalled replication forks are resolved by homologous recombination (39, 44).
In both cases, fluoroquinolones appear to trap the enzyme on DNA during the topoisomerization reaction, forming a physical barrier to the movement of the replication fork (4), RNA polymerase (5), and DNA helicase (6).
The article, "A DNA Replication Mechanism for Generating Nonrecurrent Rearrangements Associated with Genomic Disorders," describes a newly discovered mechanism for human genomic disorders called replication Fork Stalling and Template Switching (FoSTeS) in which segments of DNA are added or deleted in previously unexpected locations during replication.
 
 
 
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