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replication fork
Sunday 12 June 2005
Definition: Replication fork is the region of replicating DNA in which active DNA synthesis is occurring to generate two copies of the parental DNA.
References
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Cleary JD, Pearson CE. Replication fork dynamics and dynamic mutations: the fork-shift model of repeat instability. Trends Genet. 2005 May;21(5):272-80. PMID: 15851063