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An Okazaki fragment is a short length of DNA used to form a growing lagging strand in replicating DNA. Okazaki fragments allow the lagging strand to be synthesized in the 5' to 3' direction while the strand actually grows in the direction of the replication fork (3' to 5').n Okazaki fragment is a short length of DNA used to form a growing lagging strand in replicating DNA. Okazaki fragments allow the lagging strand to be synthesized in the 5' to 3' direction while the strand actually grows in the direction of the replication fork (3' to 5').
As a result, replication must be carried out in several stages, each leading to a small fragment of DNA produced: the Okazaki fragment. As this so-called discontinuous strand is synthesised the DNA primers at the start of the Okazaki fragments are hydrolysed and a DNA ligase enzyme binds the fragments end to end. Diagram of a replication fork.