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what is the main source of free energy for the mechanical work performed by DNA helicases furing the DNA replication in our cells
ATP hydrolysis by the helicase
compared to the human genome, the genome of yeast typically has…
a higher fraction of coding DNA
during DNA replication in the cell, DNA primase makes short primers that are then extended by the replicative DNA polymerases. these primers…
generally have a higher number of mutations compare to their neighbouring DNA
when DNA polymerase adds a new deoxyribonucleotide to the chain, what is released allowing for DNA translocation
pyrophosphate
during DNA replication, the SSB proteins…
prevent the folding of the single stranded DNA
what is a structure found only in eukaryotic cells, not prokaryotic
mitochondria