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Ch. 11 - DNA Replication and Recombination

Chapter 11, Problem 17

Outline the current model for DNA synthesis.

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Hey everyone. Let's take a look at this question together. What enzyme relieves the topological stress that is caused by strand separation in the helical DNA structure. So we know that the structure of D. N. A. Is that double helix. And we know that in the D. N. A replication process, we separate those strands so we have the strand separation. And in that separation comes some topological stress or tension in those two D. N. A. Strands. And so we use an enzyme to help relieve that stress. And the enzyme that we use is answer choice D towboat isOM array as the enzyme to relieve the stress that is caused by this strand separation. Therefore, answer choice D. Is the correct answer. And we also know that it's not answer choice A hella case because that is that enzyme that unwinds D. N. A. So he'll a case actually leads to that topological stress caused by the strand separation which we used tobe oi summaries to help relieve the stress. So answer choice D. Is our correct answer. I hope you found this video to be helpful. Thank you and goodbye.
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