A replicon is a DNA molecule or RNA molecule, or a region of DNA or RNA, that replicates from a single origin of replication.

What does a replicon do?

Jacob, Brenner and Cuzin defined a replicon as the unit in which the cell controls individual acts of replication. The replicon initiates and completes synthesis once per cell cycle. ... They proposed that an initiator protein interacted with a DNA sequence, called a replicator, to start replication.

What is replicon in gene?

Replicons are pieces of DNA that have the components necessary for DNA replication (origin of replication) and are circular or have their ends protected from exonuclease degradation.