The Enzyme That Builds a Short Complementary Piece of RNA

question 32

Multiple Choice

The enzyme that builds a short complementary piece of RNA at the start of each DNA segment to be replicated is

• A) helicase.
• B) ligase.
• C) DNA polymerase.
• D) primase.
• E) ATP synthase.

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