"Replication Origin" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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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. (Rieger et al., Glossary of Genetics: Classical and Molecular, 5th ed)
| Descriptor ID |
D018741
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| MeSH Number(s) |
G05.360.340.024.220.760 G05.360.340.024.745.725
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| Concept/Terms |
Replication Origin- Replication Origin
- Origin, Replication
- Origins, Replication
- ori Region
- Region, ori
- Regions, ori
- ori Regions
- Origin of Replication
- Replication Origins
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