lagging strand

English

Noun

lagging strand (plural lagging strands)

1. (genetics) The strand of DNA that is replicated from the 5' to the 3' direction.

Related terms

• leading strand

Translations

a strand of new DNA whose direction of synthesis is opposite to the direction of the growing replication fork

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 后随链 (hòusuí liàn)

See also

• replication fork
• Okazaki fragment