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Y-shaped region of a replicating DNA molecule at which the two daughter strands are formed and separate. eplicator: A device able to build copies of itself when provided with raw materials and energy.
a Y-shaped structure formed when a double-stranded DNA molecule unwinds to expose the two single-stranded template strands for DNA replication (Russell, 2002).
A locally unwound portion of DNA where replication occurs. 317
A point at which a DNA molecule is replicating. The fork forms by the unwinding of the parent molecule.
The region on a replicating double stranded DNA molecule where synthesis of new DNA is taking place. The replicating fork produces a Y shaped region in the DNA molecule where the two strands have separated and replication is taking place.
The region of a double-stranded DNA molecule that is being opened up to enable DNA replication to occur.
The point at which the two strands of DNA are separated to allow replication of each strand.
a Y-shaped point (fork) on a replicating DNA strand where new DNA is being formed by the addition of nucleotides.
See growing fork.
The replication fork is a structure which forms when DNA is ready to replicate itself. It is created by helicase, which breaks the hydrogen bonds holding the two DNA strands together. The resulting structure has two branching "prongs", each one made up of a single strand of DNA.
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