Important Terms

semiconservative replication

equilibrium density gradient centrifugation

replicon

replication origin

theta replication

replication bubble

replication fork

bidirectional replication

rolling-circle replication

DNA polymerase

continuous replication

leading strand

discontinuous replication

lagging strand

Okazaki fragment

initiator protein

DNA helicase

single-strand-binding protein (SSB)

DNA gyrase

primase

primer

DNA polymerase III

DNA polymerase I

DNA ligase

proofreading

mismatch repair

autonomously replicating sequence (ARS)

replication licensing factor

DNA polymerase α

DNA polymerase δ

DNA polymerase ε

translesion DNA polymerase

G overhang

telomerase

homologous recombination

heteroduplex DNA

Holliday junction

gene conversion