NALT

Preferred term

replication origin

Topic

A unique DNA sequence of a replicon at which DNA replication is initiated and proceeds bidirectionally or unidirectionally. It contains the sites where the first separation of the complementary strands occurs, a primer RNA is synthesized, and the switch from primer RNA to DNA synthesis takes place.

replicon

ori region
origin of replication

Field 001 in MARC Authority Format

31685

Spanish

origen de réplica

URI

https://lod.nal.usda.gov/nalt/56147

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Created 1/19/06, last modified 9/29/15