Using the 3’ OH end of the primer, DNA polymerase adds nucleotides to the growing DNA strand for facilitating replication. Different types of DNA polymerases help in different steps of […]
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“Single-stranded binding Proteins are multi-domain DNA proteins and help during replication to stabilize the single-stranded DNA. Learn about the SSB protein in this article.” The general process of DNA replication
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“Discover the role of an RNA primer and a DNA primer in two different DNA synthesis processes. Learn about each type of primer including their significance and applications, in this
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“DNA helicase is a class of enzymes that helps to unwind the double-stranded DNA and allow replication. Learn about the structure, function and mechanism for DNA helicase.” In the previous
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“DNA primase is a type of RNA polymerase which synthesizes smaller RNA primers complementary to the ssDNA for starting the DNA replication.” Not only RNA but in some organisms, it
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“DNA ligase seals two DNA fragments by creating a phosphodiester bond. Explore the concept of DNA ligase, its structure, function, mechanism and application.” Replication is a process to copy DNA.
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