What happens during the formation of Okazaki fragments? DNA polymerase III adds nucleotides in the 5'→ 3' direction. DNA polymerase I adds nucleotides in the 5'→ 3' direction. RNA polymerase adds nucleotides in the 3'→ 5' direction. DNA polymerase III adds nucleotides in the 3'→ 5' direction.
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11. DNA polymerase adds nucleotides to the 3' end, and the leading strand elongates in the 5' to 3' direction. 12. The short fragments on the lagging strand (also called Okazaki fragments) are spliced together by DNA ligase. 13. The building of the Okazaki fragments occurs away from the replication fork in the 5' to 3' direction.
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Fill in the blanks: The enzymes involved in Okazaki fragment synthesis are DNA polymerase III and DNA ligase. The enzymes involved in Okazaki replacement and linkage are DNA polymerase I and DNA ligase. Fill in the blanks: The direction of DNA synthesis is 5’ to 3’, whereby a dNTP is added to the 3’ hydroxyl carbon of deoxyribose with the liberation of pyrophosphate.
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DNA polymerase III synthesizes the leading strand as a continuous strand. The lagging strand is synthesized in segments, called Okazaki fragments.
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