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What are the key similarities between prokaryotic and eukaryotic DNA replication?
Posted August 25, 2022
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- Both of their replications occur before nuclear division
- DNA in both processes is a double helix
- Both replications are bi-directional
- RNA primer is synthesized by primase enzyme
- The replication happens in the 5’ to 3’ direction
- Leading and lagging strands are created in both replications
- Both replications take approximately one hour to complete
- Both are multistep processes carried out with the assistance of DNA polymerases
- Unwinding of both DNA is done by DNA helicase
- The unwound DNA strands become stabilized
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