Which of the Following Actions Does the Methyl-Directed Repair System

question 39

Multiple Choice

Which of the following actions does the methyl-directed repair system take when it detects a mismatch in dsDNA?

• A)It resynthesizes the newly replicated strand.
• B)It corrects the DNA strand that is methylated.
• C)It corrects the mismatch by changing the base on the not-yet-methylated strand.
• D)It changes the base that is methylated.

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