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NEST2020BiologyMolecular Basis of Inheritance

A drug P inhibits DNA replication in the bacterium E . coli by specifically blocking the catalytic site of DNA polymerase activity. That the same drug P can be used to treat cancers in humans can be explained from the fact that _____

Options

  1. Amechanism of DNA polymerase is majorly conserved
  2. Bboth DNA polymerases require RNA as a primer
  3. Cboth cancer and bacterial cells divide rapidly into large numbers
  4. DDNA replication is bi-directional in both the organisms

Correct answer

A. mechanism of DNA polymerase is majorly conserved

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