During DNA replication, the enzyme responsible for removing RNA primers and replacing them with DNA is:
DNA polymerase III
DNA ligase
Primase
DNA polymerase I
Related Questions
A bacterial strain has a mutation in the gene encoding DNA gyrase. Which antibiotic would likely be ineffective against this strain?
Penicillin
Tetracycline
Ciprofloxacin
Erythromycin
A DNA molecule stretches 2.2 meters. Approximately how many base pairs constitute this DNA molecule?
6.5 x 106
3.2 x 109
6.5 x 109
1.1 x 109
Guanine constitutes 15% of the nucleotides in a sample of DNA. What percentage of the nucleotides in this sample will be Adenine?
15%
25%
35%
20%
If a DNA molecule contains 20% adenine, what percentage of guanine will it contain?
20%
30%
40%
50%
If a DNA molecule contains 22% Thymine, what is the percentage of Guanine?
22%
28%
30%
44%
In a DNA, percentage of thymine is what is the percentage of guanine?
If the length of a DNA molecule is 1.1 meters, approximately how many base pairs does it contain?
3.2 x 106
3.2 x 109
1.1 x 109
0.34 x 109
A single human cell contains approximately base pairs of DNA. Given that the distance between consecutive base pairs is nm, calculate the total length of DNA in a human cell.
2.2 m
0.34 m
6.6 m
0.22 m
If a molecule is to function as hereditary material, it must NOT be:
Able to undergo mutations
Chemically stable
Capable of replication
Structurally complex and irregular
