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Polymerase Chain Reaction - Glossary


Glossary

Thermostable: Not readily affected by heat.

Okazaki fragments: Short tandem repeats of DNA that are formed in the lagging strand of a replication fork in DNA replication process in vivo.

Denature: When proteins lose their structure due to the application of external influences like heat, it is called denature.

In Vivo: Inside a living organism.

Nucleotides: These are organic molecules that form the sub-units of nucleic acids (DNA and RNA).
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