In which enzyme would a defect majorly affect the formation of a whole new lagging strand without affecting the leading strand?
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dna lygase work in thise proccess
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DNA ligase.
It joins the Okazaki fragments on lagging strands.
The main features of semi-conservative formation of DNA is the creation of leading strand and the lagging strand.
DNA polymerase enzymes add nucleotides to the 3 ' end of DNA strands.
A DNA double helix is anti-parallel.
It's one strand runs from 5 ' to 3 ' and the other from the reverse direction.
On the strand with a 3 ' end, the DNA synthesis is continuous.
It forms the leading strand.
The Okazaki fragments are produced with many RNA primers.
It is known as the lagging strand.
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