Lagging strand

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In DNA replication, the lagging strand is the DNA strand that is replicated discontinuously from the 5' to the 3' direction of the original DNA. This original strand forms a replication fork. The leading strand from the replication fork goes from 3’ to 5’. The opposite strand of the replication fork goes from 5’ to 3’ and is called a lagging strand.

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