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Which enzyme adds matching nucleotide to the '3 end of rhe growing dna strand

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DNA Polymerase III is the enzyme that adds nucleotides to make the continuous leading strand. Another polymerase, DNA Polymerase I, adds nucleotides to make the discontinuous fragments (called Okazaki fragments) on the lagging strand.

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