"leading strand" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: leading strands [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} leading strand (plural leading strands)
  1. (genetics) The strand of DNA that is synthesized during replication Wikipedia link: leading strand Categories (topical): Genetics Related terms: lagging strand, replication fork Translations (a strand of new DNA which is synthesized in the same direction as the growing replication fork): 前导链 (qiándǎo liàn) (Chinese Mandarin)
    Sense id: en-leading_strand-en-noun-uHZDhFW7 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Topics: biology, genetics, medicine, natural-sciences, sciences

Inflected forms

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