In a bacterial cell one enzyme overwinds DNA to create supercoiling, while a second enzyme unwinds double stranded DNA for replication, what are they?   a. topoisomerase, helicase   b. primase, gyrase   c. topoisomerase, ligase   d. primase, helicase   e. telomerase, helicase

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In a bacterial cell one enzyme overwinds DNA to create supercoiling, while a second enzyme unwinds double stranded DNA for replication, what are they?

  a.

topoisomerase, helicase

  b.

primase, gyrase

  c.

topoisomerase, ligase

  d.

primase, helicase

  e.

telomerase, helicase

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