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| Unwinds parental double helix at replication forks |
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| Single-strand binding protein |
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| Binds to and stabilizes single-stranded DNA until it can be used as a template |
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| Relieves "overwinding" strain ahead of replication forks by breaking, swiveling, and rejoining DNA strands |
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| Synthesizes an RNA primer at 5' end of leading strand and of each Okazaki fragment of lagging strand |
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| Using parental DNA as a template, synthesizes new DNA strand by covalently adding nucleotides to the 3' end of a pre-existing DNA strand or RNA primer |
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| Removes RNA nucleotides of primer from 5' end and replaces them with DNA nucleotides |
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| Joins 3' end of DNA that replaces primer to rest of leading strand and joins Okazaki fragments of lagging strand |
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