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okazaki fragment

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.23 in modern English

Syllables
okaza-k-i frag-ment
IPA
38
Scrabble Score
15
Letters
4
Syllables
12
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

One of many short, newly synthesized DNA fragments formed on the lagging template strand (i.e. lagging strand) during DNA replication.

Etymology

Named after Japanese molecular biologist Reiji Okazaki (1930–1975), the leader of its discoverers in the 1960s.

Inflected Forms

Okazaki fragments (plural)

Phrases

lagging strand

Frequently Paired Words

lagging strand

Questions

What does okazaki fragment mean?
One of many short, newly synthesized DNA fragments formed on the lagging template strand (i.e. lagging strand) during DNA replication.
Where does okazaki fragment come from?
Named after Japanese molecular biologist Reiji Okazaki (1930–1975), the leader of its discoverers in the 1960s.

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