IMPORTANT TERMS

semiconservative replication

equilibrium density gradient centrifugation

replicon

theta replication

replication bubble

replication fork

bidirectional replication

DNA polymerase

continuous replication

leading strand

discontinuous replication

lagging strand

Okazaki fragment

initiator proteins

DNA helicase

single-strand-binding protein (SSB)

DNA gyrase

primase

primer

DNA polymerase III

DNA polymerase I

DNA ligase

proofreading

mismatch repair

replication licensing factor

DNA polymerase α

DNA polymerase δ

DNA polymerase ε

DNA polymerase γ

G overhang

telomerase

homologous recombination

heteroduplex DNA

Holliday junction