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#Question id: 3756


 In E. coli, which enzyme catalyzes the elongation of a new DNA strand in the 5' → 3' direction?

#Section 3: Genetics, Cellular and Molecular Biology
  1. primase

  2. DNA ligase

  3. DNA polymerase III

  4. helicase

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#Question id: 3754

#Section 3: Genetics, Cellular and Molecular Biology

Thymine makes up 28% of the nucleotides in a sample of DNA from an organism. Approximately what percentage of the nucleotides in this sample will be guanine?

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#Question id: 3755

#Section 3: Genetics, Cellular and Molecular Biology

In E. coli, there is a mutation in a gene called dnaB that alters the helicase that normally acts at the origin of replication. Which of the following events would you expect to occur as a result of this mutation?

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#Question id: 3757

#Section 3: Genetics, Cellular and Molecular Biology

Which of the following characteristics of eukaryotic telomeres cause them to replicate differently than the rest of the chromosome?

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#Question id: 3758

#Section 3: Genetics, Cellular and Molecular Biology

 At a specific area of a chromosome, the sequence of nucleotides below is present where the chain opens to form a replication fork:

3' C C T A G G C T G C A A T C C 5'

An RNA primer is formed starting at the underlined T (T) of the template. Which of the following represents the primer sequence?

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#Question id: 3759

#Section 3: Genetics, Cellular and Molecular Biology

In E. coli, to repair a thymine dimer by nucleotide excision repair, in which order do the necessary enzymes act?

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#Question id: 3760

#Section 3: Genetics, Cellular and Molecular Biology

In E. coli, what is the function of DNA polymerase III?