High School Biology › Understanding Replication Proteins
Which of the following replication proteins is used to unwind the DNA double helix?
DNA is naturally found as a double-helix, but for it to replicated it must first be unwound so that DNA replication proteins can access the two strands. The double-helix structure of DNA is very stable, and after being unwound for DNA replication to occur, the two strands can easily return to the double-helix structure. If the strands re-anneal, proteins necessary for DNA replication cannot enter and begin the process of replication.
Which of the following pairs of DNA replication proteins is responsible for unwinding the DNA double-helix and maintaining the separation of the DNA strands?
Which of the following causes a DNA fragment to be formed in the 5' to 3' direction?
Which protein is responsible for the removal of the RNA primer from the 5' end of a lagging strand of DNA, and replacing it with DNA nucleotides?
Of the following DNA replication proteins, which one links the Okazaki fragments of the lagging strand?
Which of the following is true about DNA replication?
During DNA replication, an enzyme called DNA helicase "unzips" the molecule of double-stranded DNA. What is the most likely mechanism of DNA helicase?