Helicase is an enzyme that unwinds the DNA double helix at replication forks, enabling strand separation for replication.
Helicase is an enzyme that unwinds the DNA double helix at replication forks to separate the strands.
| Front | helicase |
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| Back | An enzyme that untwists the double helix of DNA at the replication forks, separating the two strands and making them available as template strands. |
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