Category:GO:0006273 ! lagging strand elongation

name: lagging strand elongation
namespace: biological_process
def: "The synthesis of DNA from a template strand in a net 3' to 5' direction. Lagging strand DNA elongation proceeds by discontinuous synthesis of short stretches of DNA, known as Okazaki fragments, from RNA primers; these fragments are then joined by DNA ligase. Although each segment of nascent DNA is synthesized in the 5' to 3' direction, the overall direction of lagging strand synthesis is 3' to 5', mirroring the progress of the replication fork." [ISBN:071673706X, ISBN:0815316194]
subset: gosubset_prok
is_a: GO:0006271 ! DNA strand elongation involved in DNA replication

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Child Terms

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• [+] GO:0033567 ! DNA replication, Okazaki fragment processing (1)

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