DNA Replication Process Overview

To open the PCNA ring to load onto DNA

One primer

DNA polymerase δ (Pol δ)

<p>Orientation of the G-rich strand</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>To join Okazaki fragments together</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Between 75-300 nucleotides</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Unwinding of the parental DNA strands.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>To form the RNA primers required for DNA polymerases.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Continuous replication by DNA polymerase ε (Pol ε).</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>To ligate the different strands that are being formed, especially in the lagging strands.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>To relieve tensions created by the replication bubble.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>To thread onto DNA and prevent the whole complex from falling off the template.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>ORC proteins and MCM proteins</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Because chain growth results from the formation of a phosphodiester bond between the 3′ oxygen of a growing strand and the α phosphate of a dNTP.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>To recruit the DNA replication machinery during S-phase.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>By requiring a short, preexisting RNA or DNA strand, called a primer.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>To protect the ends of chromosomes from deterioration or fusion with neighboring chromosomes.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Each new DNA has one 'old' strand and one 'new' strand.</p> Signup and view all the answers