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Topic: What is the Primer that is needed to initiate the synthesis of a new DNA strand?  (Read 14063 times)

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Offline Bekah

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Is it ligase?

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DNA Primase  ;) (an RNA Pol). 

Is it ligase?
Ligase is the enzyme that 'sews' up the backbone when the primers are replaced with DNA.

EDIT: Just read the question properly and they are probably just after 'RNA'
(DNA Primase is the enzyme that synthesises these strands)
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I'm not sure now....
My choices are:
RNA
DNA
Protein
Ligase
Primase

So would it be RNA, or Primase?

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I think RNA is right.

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yep  :)

Just read the question properly and they are probably just after 'RNA'
(DNA Primase is the enzyme that synthesises these strands)



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