Biology: The Unity and Diversity of Life (MindTap Course List)
15th Edition
ISBN: 9781337408332
Author: Cecie Starr, Ralph Taggart, Christine Evers, Lisa Starr
Publisher: Cengage Learning
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Chapter 8, Problem 10SQ
Energy that drives the attachment of a
- a. the nucleotide
- b. phosphate-group transfers from ATP
- c. DNA polymerase
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Biology: The Unity and Diversity of Life (MindTap Course List)
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