Calculate the time it would take a mammalian cell to add 4,000 nucleotides to one DNA strand undergoing replication.

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Problem 9SA: Energy that drives the attachment of a nucleotide to the end of a growing strand of DNA comes from...
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Cancer is a disease caused by cells that divide uncontrollably. Scientists studying drugs that prevent cancer often measure the effectiveness of a drug by its effect on DNA replication. During normal DNA replication, nucleotides are added at a rate of about 50 nucleotides per second in mammals and 500 nucleotides per second in bacteria.

 

2.    Calculate the time it would take a mammalian cell to add 4,000 nucleotides to one DNA strand undergoing replication.

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