Concepts of Genetics (12th Edition)
12th Edition
ISBN: 9780134604718
Author: William S. Klug, Michael R. Cummings, Charlotte A. Spencer, Michael A. Palladino, Darrell Killian
Publisher: PEARSON
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Chapter 11, Problem 20PDQ
Several temperature-sensitive mutant strains of E. coli display the following characteristics. Predict what enzyme or function is being affected by each mutation.
- (a) Newly synthesized DNA contains many mismatched base pairs.
- (b) Okazaki fragments accumulate, and DNA synthesis is never completed.
- (c) No initiation occurs.
- (d) Synthesis is very slow.
- (e) Supercoiled strands remain after replication, which is never completed.
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