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What organic compound is used in order to break bonds between the nitrogenous bases so replication can occur
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What organic compound is used in order to break bonds between the nitrogenous bases so replication can occur

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For bacterial DNA replication to begin, the supercoiled chromosome is relaxed by topoisomerase II, also called DNA gyrase. An enzyme called helicase then separates the DNA strands by breaking the hydrogen bonds between the nitrogenous base pairs.
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