A Limit theorem for the replication time of a DNA molecule

Richard Cowan; S. N. Chiu; Lars Holst

doi:10.2307/3215289

A Limit theorem for the replication time of a DNA molecule

Richard Cowan
, S. N. Chiu
, Lars Holst

Department of Mathematics

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Abstract

The DNA of higher animals replicates by an interesting mechanism. Enzymes recognise specific sites randomly scattered on the molecule and establish a bidirectional process of unwinding and replication from these sites. We investigate the limiting distribution of the completion time for this process by considering related coverage problems investigated by Janson (1983) and Hall (1988).

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	296-303
Number of pages	8
Journal	Journal of Applied Probability
Volume	32
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.2307/3215289
Publication status	Published - Jun 1995

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