Medical Definition of Cairns mechanism

1. A mechanism for the replication of a double stranded circular DNA molecule. Replication is initiated at a fixed point and proceeds either uni or bi directionally. This entry appears with permission from the Dictionary of Cell and Molecular Biology (11 Mar 2008)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Cairns Mechanism

cainogenesis
cains
Cain complex
caique
caiques
caird
cairds
Cairene
Cairina
Cairina moschata
cairn
cairned
cairngorm
cairngorms
cairns
Cairns mechanism (current term)
cairny
cairn terrier
Cairo
caisson
caissons
caisson disease
caisson disease
caisson sickness
caitiff
caitiffs
caitive
caitives
Caitra
Cajal's astrocyte stain

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