An enzyme that unwinds and separates the parental DNA strands.Group of answer choicesprimasereplication forksingle-strand binding protein (SSBP)Okazaki fragmenttelomeretopoisomerasehelicasenucleosomeNext
Question
An enzyme that unwinds and separates the parental DNA strands.Group of answer choicesprimasereplication forksingle-strand binding protein (SSBP)Okazaki fragmenttelomeretopoisomerasehelicasenucleosomeNext
Solution
The enzyme that unwinds and separates the parental DNA strands is known as helicase.
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