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Question
Write the dual purpose served by Deoxyribonucleoside triphosphates in the polymerisation.
Solution
Deoxyribonucleoside triphosphates are used as the substrates in DNA polymerization. Besides this, they also provide energy to drive the DNA polymerization reaction through the breakage of their phosphoanhydride bonds.
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