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Replication

DNA replication is the process by which a double-stranded DNA molecule is copied to produce two identical DNA molecules. It is one of the most basic processes that occurs within a cell and is the basis for inheritance. During replication, helicase separates the DNA strands at the replication fork. Primase then creates an RNA primer required for DNA polymerase to bind and build the new strands from the templates.

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Replication

DNA replication is the process by which a double-stranded DNA molecule is copied to produce two identical DNA molecules. It is one of the most basic processes that occurs within a cell and is the basis for inheritance. During replication, helicase separates the DNA strands at the replication fork. Primase then creates an RNA primer required for DNA polymerase to bind and build the new strands from the templates.

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DNA REPLICATION

Replication
 Is the process by which a double- straded DNA
molecule is copied to produce two Identical DNA
molecule.
 DNA replication is one of the most basic processes
that occurs within a cell.
 Basis for inheritance.
James Watson and Francis Crick
HELICASE
- seperates DNA strands producing replication fork with 2 template
strands.
SSB’s (Single Strand Binding Protein)
- stabilzes strands annealing
PRIMASE
-creates RNA primer, required to start replication
DNA POLYMERASE
- binds primer, builds from there
RNA H ( DNA POL I)
- removes primer esp important on logging strand
DNA LIGASE
- Joins Okazak, fragments
 How is DNA replicated?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VpmT7Lw_4v0
 The first step in DNA replication
is to ‘unzip’ the double helix
structure of the DNA
 During separation, the two strands of the DNA
double helix uncoil at a specific location called
the origin. Several enzymes and proteins then
work together to prepare, or prime, the strands for
duplication.
 Finally, a special enzyme called DNA
polymerase organizes the assembly of
the new DNA strands
 Why does DNA replicated
happens?
 Your body is constantly making
new cells through cell division.
Therefore, cells needs a way of
copying the DNA so that each
new cell has the same genetic
information.

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