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Describe how dna is replicated using the terms dna helicase dna polymerase hydrogen bonds

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The polymerase itself does not separate the DNA strands. Helicase (another enzyme, sometimes found in complex with a polymerase holoenzyme) does the separating for it, ahead of the replication fork.

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