Help with DNA Replication Processes

Practice Questions

GRE Subject Test: Biochemistry, Cell, and Molecular Biology › Help with DNA Replication Processes

Questions
7
1

Which enzyme is responsible for removing the RNA primers added during DNA replication?

2

Magnesium is a necessary component of DNA polymerization, but is not found in the DNA molecule. What is the purpose of magnesium in the polymerization of DNA?

3

Why do microsatellites, such as the one that causes Huntington's disease, occur in genomes?

4

Which of the following enzymes is not involved in the process of replicating DNA in a replication bubble?

5

What is the main reason for there being both a leading and a lagging strand during DNA replication?

6

Which of the following is true with regards to the leading strand during DNA replication?

7

What 3' functional group must be free in order to add the next nucleotide during DNA synthesis?

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