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= RFC
{c}

Replication factor C, a clamp-loading complex involved in installing <PCNA> on suitable <DNA> structures.

ATP-dependent clamp loading places the ring around a suitable primer-template junction. The clamp then supports a polymerase or associated factor, so loading the clamp and extending the <DNA> chain are different enzymatic operations. <Molecular Biology of the Cell, 4th edition by Bruce Alberts and others>[Chapter 5, DNA Replication Mechanisms]{ref}

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