Which of the following is/are true regarding the enzyme primase?  a: primase functions during cellular DNA replication.  b: without primase activity, DNA polymerase in our cell can NOT begin synthesizing new nucleotide chains.  c: primase uses dNTP building blocks d: primase is a polymerase enzyme e: primase functions AFTER DNA helicase activity.

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Which of the following is/are true regarding the enzyme primase? 

a: primase functions during cellular DNA replication. 
b: without primase activity, DNA polymerase in our cell can NOT begin synthesizing new nucleotide chains. 
c: primase uses dNTP building blocks

d: primase is a polymerase enzyme

e: primase functions AFTER DNA helicase activity. 

Ps: This has multiple answers. 
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DNA replication occurring in all organisms is the process of producing identical copies of DNA from an original DNA molecule. For DNA replication to occur, some enzymes are very much necessary. They are helicase, ligase,topo isomerase, primase and DNA polymerase.

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