Leading strand

Leading strand
DNA replication for the leading strand is continuous and towards the replication fork.
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Leading strand
The strand of newly replicated DNA that is synthesised continuously in the same direction as the replication fork. DNA synthesis proceeds in the 5' to 3' direction.

leading strand
The new continuous complementary DNA strand synthesized along the template strand in the mandatory 5' to 3' direction.
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Leading strand A newly synthesized strand of DNA at the replication fork that is synthesized continuously. See also lagging strand.

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The leading strand is the DNA strand at the opposite side of the replication fork from the lagging strand.

leading strand - one of the two newly made strands of DNA found at the replication fork. T'he leading strand is made by continuous synthesis in the 5'-3' direction
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A molecule of a DNA polymerase binds to one strand of the DNA and begins moving along it in the 3' to 5' direction, using it as a template for assembling a leading strand of nucleotides and reforming a double helix.

Pol III, the main DNA replication enzyme, can not work in the 5' - 3' direction, and so replication of the lagging strand is more complicated than of the leading strand.

See also: Strand, DNA, Replication, Replication fork, Lagging strand