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What is the role of helicase in DNA replication?
Options
A Unwinding the DNA double helix
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B Adding nucleotides to the growing strand
C Joining Okazaki fragments
D Removing primers
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Option A is the correct answer.

Detailed Explanation

Helicase is an enzyme that uses ATP to break hydrogen bonds between base pairs, unwinding the DNA double helix ahead of the replication fork to create two single-stranded templates.

Hint

It 'unzips' the DNA.

Question Info

Course: BIO 101
Topic: BIO 101 Past Questions
Type: Objective
Difficulty: Not specified
Question 916 of 2556
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