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Title: What part of the DNA replication process would be most directly affected if a strain of bacteria ...
Post by: serenaspv01 on Feb 3, 2018
What part of the DNA replication process would be most directly affected if a strain of bacteria lacking helicase were used to make the cell extracts?
 
  (a) initiation of DNA synthesis
  (b) Okazaki fragment synthesis
  (c) leading-strand elongation
  (d) lagging-strand completion


Title: What part of the DNA replication process would be most directly affected if a strain of bacteria ...
Post by: haylsm112 on Feb 3, 2018
(a) Because helicase unwinds the two DNA template strands, replication of both strands depends upon the activity of helicase at the time of initiation.