Suppose DNA polymerase synthesizes DNA at a rate of 1130 bases per minute in a newly discovered bacteria and that bacteria replicates their chromosome every 40 min. Sugar-phc backbc Calculate the total number of nucleotides in the bacterial chromosome.

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Suppose DNA polymerase synthesizes DNA at a rate of
1130 bases per minute in a newly discovered bacteria and that
bacteria replicates their chromosome every 40 min.
Sugar-phosphate
backbone
Calculate the total number of nucleotides in the
bacterial chromosome.
-0.34 nm
number of nucleotides:
Calculate the length of the entire bacterial chromosome using
the appropriate information from the diagram of DNA.
-3.4 nm
nm
length:
2 nm
Transcribed Image Text:Suppose DNA polymerase synthesizes DNA at a rate of 1130 bases per minute in a newly discovered bacteria and that bacteria replicates their chromosome every 40 min. Sugar-phosphate backbone Calculate the total number of nucleotides in the bacterial chromosome. -0.34 nm number of nucleotides: Calculate the length of the entire bacterial chromosome using the appropriate information from the diagram of DNA. -3.4 nm nm length: 2 nm
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