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Unwinding the Double Helix: Meet DNA Helicase - Christian Apologetics Alliance
In previous articles (see here and here), I’ve been reviewing the molecular nano-machinery needed for the replication of DNA. Before DNA polymerase is able to synthesize the new complementary strands, it needs to be given access to the nucleotides of the single-stranded template DNA. The internal base pairing in the double helix must therefore be broken and […]