Quick Review Cards for Medical Laboratory Science

DNA Replicationcontinued

Molecular Diagnostics

(MDx) Review 535

Okazaki fragments

Replication fork

Overall direction of replication

DNA

polymerase

Leading strand

Lagging strand

5 ′

3 ′

3 ′

5 ′

5 ′

3 ′^5 ′^3 ′

(From Buckingham L. Molecular Diagnostics: Fundamentals, Methods, and Clinical Applications, 2nd ed.

Philadelphia: FA Davis; 2012:9.)