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Two replication forks can proceed independently around the DNA ring and when viewed from above the structure resembles the Greek letter "theta" (θ). [ 1 ] [ 2 ] Originally discovered by John Cairns , it led to the understanding that (in this case) bidirectional DNA replication could take place.
Replication is bi-directional and originates at a single origin of replication (OriC). [3] It consists of three steps: Initiation, elongation, and termination. [4] Bidirectional Theta type replication. Most circular bacterial chromosomes are replicated bidirectionally, starting at one point of origin and replicating in two directions away from ...
This Experiment clearly demonstrates the theta replication model of circular bacterial chromosomes. [10] See Autoradiograph of intact replicating chromosome of E.coli; As described above, bacterial chromosomal replication occurs in a bidirectional manner.
Progress of replication forks is inhibited by many factors; collision with proteins or with complexes binding strongly on DNA, deficiency of dNTPs, nicks on template DNAs and so on. If replication forks get stuck and the rest of the sequences from the stuck forks are not copied, then the daughter strands get nick nick unreplicated sites.
Rolling circle replication (RCR) is a process of unidirectional nucleic acid replication that can rapidly synthesize multiple copies of circular molecules of DNA or RNA, such as plasmids, the genomes of bacteriophages, and the circular RNA genome of viroids. Some eukaryotic viruses also replicate their DNA or RNA via the rolling circle mechanism.
Replication begins by a regular bidirectional theta replication at oriL but later in the lytic phase, it switches to a rolling circle method of replication using the host recombination machinery. [ 1 ] [ 11 ] [ 12 ] This results in numerous copies of the genome being present on a single linear DNA molecule called a concatemer.
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The origin of replication (also called the replication origin) is a particular sequence in a genome at which replication is initiated. [1] Propagation of the genetic material between generations requires timely and accurate duplication of DNA by semiconservative replication prior to cell division to ensure each daughter cell receives the full ...