See Also: sphenoidal angle(medicine)
sphenoidal angle of parietal bone(medicine)
Herbal medicine (botanical medicine, herbology, phytomedicine)(health)
Replication(medicine)
replication(dictionary)
replication, DNA(medicine)
DNA replication(medicine)
DNA replication(health)
saltatory replication(medicine)
unidirectional replication(medicine)

replication origin (medicine) and sphenoidal angle (medicine)


replication origin (medicine)


replication origin


A unique DNA sequence of a replicon at which DNA replication is initiated and proceeds bidirectionally or unidirectionally. It contains the sites where the first separation of the complementary strands occurs, a primer RNA is synthesised, and the switch from primer RNA to DNA synthesis takes place. (rieger et al., glossary of genetics: classical and molecular, 5th ed)


sphenoidal angle (medicine)


sphenoidal angle
Angle formed by the intersection at the top of the sella turcica (dorsum sellae), of lines coming from the nasal point and from the tip of the rostrum of the sphenoid.

Synonym: sphenoidal angle of parietal bone.