4. Given the following problems in bacterial DNA replication, identify the defective enzyme or enzymes. Please give the enzyme and the particular function that is defective. a. Mismatched basepairs are found in the newly synthesized DNA. b. RNA bases are found in newly synthesized DNA. с. Replication on the leading strand is not initiated.

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Given the following problems in bacterial DNA replication, identify the defective enzyme or enzymes. Please give the
enzyme and the particular function that is defective.
a.
Mismatched basepairs are found in the newly synthesized DNA.
b.
RNA bases are found in newly synthesized DNA.
C.
Replication on the leading strand is not initiated.
Transcribed Image Text:4. Given the following problems in bacterial DNA replication, identify the defective enzyme or enzymes. Please give the enzyme and the particular function that is defective. a. Mismatched basepairs are found in the newly synthesized DNA. b. RNA bases are found in newly synthesized DNA. C. Replication on the leading strand is not initiated.
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