Question 15

(Multiple Choice)

Hyperthermophilic archaea possess an unusual gyrase called ________, which introduces positive supercoils into the chromosome in order to protect the DNA from ________.


A) reverse DNA gyrase; thermal denaturation
B) DNA helicase; thermal denaturation
C) topoisomerase I; gene overexpression
D) DNA ligase; thermal denaturation
E) reverse transcriptase; gene overexpression

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