DNA maanmW Replication Proteins stabilize the ③The leading strand is unwound parental DNA. synthesized continuously by DNA polymerase. 3 DNA polymerase ①Enzymes unwind the 5 parental double helix. Replication fork RNA primer 5 RNA polymerase DNA polymerase uHhL0uu5000M0W Okazaki fragment DNA ligase Parental 3 DNA strand polymerase 51 ④The lagging strand is ⑤DNA polymerase DNA ligase joins synthesized discontinuously. digests RNA primer the discontinuous RNA polymerase synthesizes a and replaces it with DNA. fragments of the short RNA primer,which is then lagging strand. extended by DNA polymerase. Figure 8.6 DNA Figure 8.6