Rolling Circle Replication

question 46

Multiple Choice

Rolling circle replication:

• A) Is only found in viruses and bacteria.
• B) Proceeds bidirectionally.
• C) Is initiated by an exonucleolytic cleavage event.
• D) Can only produce single-stranded progeny molecules.
• E) Generates single-stranded tails longer than length of the parent circular molecule.

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