A bacterium has a genome size of 6.0 X 106 base pairs. There is one Origin of Replication (ORI) and each DNA polymerase catalyzes the addition of 1,000 nucleotides/second. How much time is needed to replicate the entire genome?

Answer 1

time=6E6 pairs/(1000n/sec*2pair/n)
= 3000seconds (check that math)
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