Biochemistry
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ISBN: 9781305961135
Author: Mary K. Campbell, Shawn O. Farrell, Owen M. McDougal
Publisher: Cengage Learning
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Chapter 10, Problem 37RE
REFLECT AND APPLY E. coli incorporates deoxyribonucleotides into DNA at a rate of 250 to 1000 bases per second. Using the higher value, translate this into typing speed in words per minute. (Assume five characters per word, using the typing analogy from Question 36.)
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Biochemistry
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Ch. 10 - RECALL Compare and contrast the properties of the...Ch. 10 - REFLECT AND APPLY Define processivity, and...Ch. 10 - REFLECT AND APPLY Comment on the dual role of the...Ch. 10 - REFLECT AND APPLY What is the importance of...Ch. 10 - REFLECT AND APPLY DNA synthesis always takes place...Ch. 10 - REFLECT AND APPLY What would happen to the...Ch. 10 - Prob. 17RECh. 10 - REFLECT AND APPLY Why is it not surprising that...Ch. 10 - Prob. 19RECh. 10 - RECALL List the substances required for...Ch. 10 - RECALL Describe the discontinuous synthesis of the...Ch. 10 - RECALL What are the functions of the gyrase,...Ch. 10 - RECALL Single-stranded regions of DNA are attacked...Ch. 10 - RECALL Describe the role of DNA ligase in the...Ch. 10 - RECALL What is the primer in DNA replication?Ch. 10 - Prob. 26RECh. 10 - REFLECT AND APPLY Why is a short RNA primer needed...Ch. 10 - Prob. 28RECh. 10 - RECALL What was the recent change in the estimated...Ch. 10 - Prob. 30RECh. 10 - RECALL Why is a clamp loader necessary in...Ch. 10 - RECALL How does proofreading take place in the...Ch. 10 - Prob. 33RECh. 10 - Prob. 34RECh. 10 - BIOCHEMICAL CONNECTIONS Of what benefit is it for...Ch. 10 - REFLECT AND APPLY Your book contains about 2...Ch. 10 - REFLECT AND APPLY E. coli incorporates...Ch. 10 - REFLECT AND APPLY Given the typing speed from...Ch. 10 - Prob. 39RECh. 10 - REFLECT AND APPLY How can breakdown in DNA repair...Ch. 10 - Prob. 41RECh. 10 - RECALL What is a direct way of repairing...Ch. 10 - Prob. 43RECh. 10 - Prob. 44RECh. 10 - Prob. 45RECh. 10 - Prob. 46RECh. 10 - RECALL How did Messelson and Weigle demonstrate...Ch. 10 - Prob. 48RECh. 10 - RECALL What is the Holliday Model?Ch. 10 - RECALL Do eukaryotes have fewer origins of...Ch. 10 - RECALL How does DNA replication in eukaryotes...Ch. 10 - Prob. 52RECh. 10 - REFLECT AND APPLY (a) Eukaryotic DNA replication...Ch. 10 - Prob. 54RECh. 10 - Prob. 55RECh. 10 - Prob. 56RECh. 10 - Prob. 57RECh. 10 - Prob. 58RECh. 10 - Prob. 59RECh. 10 - Prob. 60RECh. 10 - Prob. 61RECh. 10 - Prob. 62RECh. 10 - Prob. 63RECh. 10 - Prob. 64RE
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