DNA Replication: The Replication Fork
This animation illustrates how DNA gets copied at a replication fork. In particular, it focuses on how 2 DNA polymerases, helicase, and primase work together to synthesize DNA complementary to the leading and lagging template strands.
Topics
- DNA
- deoxyribonucleic acid
- replication
- synthesis
- template
- lagging strand
- leading strand
- Okazaki fragment
- DNA polymerase
- Clamp
- Primase
- Primer
- 5 prime
- 3 prime
- 5'
- 3'
- helicase
- S phase
- copying DNA
- DNA replication
- helix
- DNA helix
- RNA strand