A circular molecule of DNA contains 1 million base pairs. If the rate of DNA synthesis at a replication fork is 100,000 nucleotides per minute, how much time will theta replication require to completely replicate the molecule, assuming that theta replication is bidirectional? How long will replication of this circular chromosome by rolling-circle replication take? Ignore replication of the displaced strand in rolling-circle replication.
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Given: - Size of circular DNA molecule = 1,000,000 base pairs - Rate of DNA synthesis at a replication fork = 100,000 nucleotides per minute Time for synthesis = Size of DNA molecule / (2 * Rate of DNA synthesis) Time for synthesis = 1,000,000 / (2 * 100,000) = 5 Show more…
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