A mixture of four -[32P]-labeled ribonucleoside triphosphates was added to permeabilized bacterial cells undergoing DNA replication in
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(a) Why was the excess of unlabeled rNTPs added?
(b) How could you tell that radioactivity is being incorporated as ribonucleotides rather than as an alternative such as reduction to deoxyribonucleotides, followed by incorporation?
(c) What does this experiment tell you about the process of DNA replication?
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Biochemistry Concepts and Connections
ISBN: 978-0321839923
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Authors: Dean R. Appling, Spencer J. Anthony Cahill, Christopher K. Mathews
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