NEET Biology question

The complementary strands of the DNA double helix are separated by

(A)Primase
(B)HelicaseCorrect
(C)Polymerase
(D)Single strand binding proteins

Answer: (B)

Solution

DNA helicase is the enzyme that unwinds the DNA double helix at the replication fork, breaking the hydrogen bonds between complementary bases to separate the two strands, so option (b) is correct; DNA gyrase (a distinct

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