Okazaki fragments

short DNA sequences synthesized discontinuously during DNA replication
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Okazaki fragments

Summary

Okazaki fragments is a mobile genetic element[1]. It draws 448 Wikipedia views per month (mobile_genetic_element category, ranking #1 of 1).[2]

Key Facts

  • Okazaki fragments is credited with the discovery of Tsuneko Okazaki[3].
  • Okazaki fragments is credited with the discovery of Reiji Okazaki[4].
  • Okazaki fragments's instance of is recorded as mobile genetic element[5].
  • Okazaki fragments's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/02jl4z[6].
  • Okazaki fragments's Quora topic ID is recorded as Okazaki-Fragments[7].
  • Okazaki fragments's Sequence Ontology ID is recorded as SO:0001985[8].
  • Okazaki fragments's Elhuyar ZTH ID is recorded as 132508[9].
  • Okazaki fragments's Microsoft Academic ID is recorded as 11305352[10].
  • Okazaki fragments's OpenAlex ID is recorded as C11305352[11].
  • Okazaki fragments's Encyclopedia of China is recorded as 76484[12].

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Works and Contributions

Credited discoveries include Tsuneko Okazaki[3], a biologist[13], b. 1933[14], of Japan[15], awarded the L'Oréal-UNESCO Award For Women in Science[16], specialised in molecular biology[17] and Reiji Okazaki[4], a biologist[18], 1930–1975[19], of Japan[20], awarded the Asahi Prize[21], specialised in molecular biology[22].

Why It Matters

Okazaki fragments draws 448 Wikipedia views per month (mobile_genetic_element category, ranking #1 of 1).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 22 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[23] It is known by 13 alternative names across languages and contexts.[24]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [5] . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] . wikidata.org.
  3. [4] . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . Quora. wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . OpenAlex. Retrieved . docs.openalex.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [13] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [14] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [15] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [16] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  5. [17] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  6. [18] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  7. [19] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  8. [20] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  9. [21] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  10. [22] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [23] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [24] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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