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CBSE Class 12-science Answered

(a) In a nucleus, the number of nucleoside triphosphates is 10 times the number of deoxyribonucleoside triphosphates but only deoxyribonucleotides are added during DNA replication. Suggest a mechanism. (b) Name few enzymes involved in DNA replication other than DNA polymerase and ligase.
Asked by Topperlearning User | 16 Jun, 2014, 04:53: PM
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(a) DNA polymerase can identify only deoxyribonucleoside triphosphates and is capable of incorporating them as deoxyribonucleotides.

(b) Other than DNA polymerase and ligase, the enzymes involved in DNA replication are primase, gyrase and topoisomerase.

Answered by | 16 Jun, 2014, 06:53: PM

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