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<molecular biology> Complex of proteins involved in the replication (elongation) of DNA that moves along as the new complementary strand is synthesised. On this basis a minimum content would be DNA polymerase III and a primosome. An RNA replisome has been proposed as a putative ancestor of the ribosome.
Origin: Gr. Soma = body
(11 Mar 2008)
replicative intermediate, replicator, replicator, replicon < Prev | Next > replitase, replum, reply
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