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REVIEW: CST–Polα/Primase: the second telomere maintenance machine
By Sarah Cai and Titia de Lange
➡️ genesdev.cshlp.org/content/37/13-14/555.abs...

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DNA Replication Enzymes (Prokaryotic):
𝐇𝐞𝐥𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐬𝐞 → unwinds dsDNA @ oriC; 𝐓𝐨𝐩𝐨𝐢𝐬𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐬𝐞 𝐈𝐈 (DNA gyrase) → relieves +supercoils; 𝐒𝐒𝐁𝐏 → stabilizes ssDNA; 𝐏𝐫𝐢𝐦𝐚𝐬𝐞 (RNA pol) → lays RNA primers;

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