KROK 1 2014 – Question 126 · KROK (Medicine) · Biological Chemistry
During cell division, DNA replication occurs by a signal from the cytoplasm, and a certain portion of the DNA helix unwinds and splits into two individual strands. What enzyme facilitates this process?
- A. DNA polymerase
- B. Helicase
- C. Restrictase
- D. Ligase
- E. RNA polymerase
Hint
Sort the listed enzymes by the step of replication or transcription they serve, and pick the one that has to work before new strand synthesis can begin.
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