Human Anatomy & Physiology (11th Edition)
Human Anatomy & Physiology (11th Edition)
11th Edition
ISBN: 9780134580999
Author: Elaine N. Marieb, Katja N. Hoehn
Publisher: PEARSON
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The diagram below is of a short stretch of prokaryotic chromosomal DNA in the process of replication.
Please supply the specific pieces of information requested by the boxes below.

1. What enzyme relaxes the
supercoils?
2. What enzyme unwinds the DNA?
7. What does this arrow
represent?
3. What enzyme synthesizes the
RNA primer
en
8. Why should this single-stranded
portion be stabilized?
4. What is this short segment of
DNA called?
9. What enzyme synthesizes this
long DNA segment?
5. What enzyme removes the RNA
primer and replaces it with DNA?
10. Is this the leading or the
lagging side?
6. What enzyme joins the short
segments of DNA together?
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Transcribed Image Text:1. What enzyme relaxes the supercoils? 2. What enzyme unwinds the DNA? 7. What does this arrow represent? 3. What enzyme synthesizes the RNA primer en 8. Why should this single-stranded portion be stabilized? 4. What is this short segment of DNA called? 9. What enzyme synthesizes this long DNA segment? 5. What enzyme removes the RNA primer and replaces it with DNA? 10. Is this the leading or the lagging side? 6. What enzyme joins the short segments of DNA together?
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The process of duplicating a double-stranded DNA molecule into two identical DNA molecules is known as DNA replication.

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