A limit theorem for the replication time of a DNA molecule

1 June 1995

journal article
Published by Cambridge University Press (CUP) in Journal of Applied Probability

Vol. 32 (2) , 296-303
https://doi.org/10.2307/3215289

Abstract

The DNA of higher animals replicates by an interesting mechanism. Enzymes recognise specific sites randomly scattered on the molecule and establish a bidirectional process of unwinding and replication from these sites. We investigate the limiting distribution of the completion time for this process by considering related coverage problems investigated by Janson (1983) and Hall (1988).

Keywords

HALL
THEOREM
ANIMALS
COVERAGE
SCATTERED
JANSON
BIDIRECTIONAL
UNWINDING
INTERESTING
RECOGNISE

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