DNA is the genetic material of all cells, containing coded information about cellular molecules and processes. DNA consists of two polynucleofide strands twisted around each other in a double helix. The first step in ...DNA is the genetic material of all cells, containing coded information about cellular molecules and processes. DNA consists of two polynucleofide strands twisted around each other in a double helix. The first step in cellular division is to replicate DNA so that copies can be distributed to daughter cells. Additionally, DNA is involved in transcribing proteins that direct cell growth and activities. However, DNA is tightly packed into genes and chromosomes. In order for replication or transcription to take place, DNA must firstly unpack itself so that it can interact with enzymes. DNA packing can be visualized as two very long strands that have been intertwined millions of times, tied into knots, and subjected to successive coiling. However, replication and transcription are much easier to accomplish if the DNA is neatly arranged rather than tangled up in knots. Enzymes are essential to unpacking DNA. Enzymes act to slice through individual knots and reconnect strands in a more orderly way. Hypothesizing that Termination of DNA replication proteins gave rise to those of eukaryotes during evolution, we chose the DNA polymerase （which infects microalgae） as the basis of this analysis, as it represents a primitive recombination. We show that it has significant similarity with replicative DNA polymerases of eukaryotes and certain of their large DNA. Sequence alignment confirms this similarity and establishes the presence of highly conserved domains in the polymerase amino terminus. Subsequent reconstruction of a phylogenetic tree indicates that these algal DNA are near the root of the containing all recombination. DNA polymerase delta members but that this does not contain the polymerases of other DNA. We consider arguments for the polarity of this relationship and present the hypothesis that the replication genes of DNA. DNA can be visualized as a complicated knot that must be unknotted by enzymes in order for replication or transcription to occur. It is perhaps not surprising then that connections between mathe展开更多
文摘DNA is the genetic material of all cells, containing coded information about cellular molecules and processes. DNA consists of two polynucleofide strands twisted around each other in a double helix. The first step in cellular division is to replicate DNA so that copies can be distributed to daughter cells. Additionally, DNA is involved in transcribing proteins that direct cell growth and activities. However, DNA is tightly packed into genes and chromosomes. In order for replication or transcription to take place, DNA must firstly unpack itself so that it can interact with enzymes. DNA packing can be visualized as two very long strands that have been intertwined millions of times, tied into knots, and subjected to successive coiling. However, replication and transcription are much easier to accomplish if the DNA is neatly arranged rather than tangled up in knots. Enzymes are essential to unpacking DNA. Enzymes act to slice through individual knots and reconnect strands in a more orderly way. Hypothesizing that Termination of DNA replication proteins gave rise to those of eukaryotes during evolution, we chose the DNA polymerase （which infects microalgae） as the basis of this analysis, as it represents a primitive recombination. We show that it has significant similarity with replicative DNA polymerases of eukaryotes and certain of their large DNA. Sequence alignment confirms this similarity and establishes the presence of highly conserved domains in the polymerase amino terminus. Subsequent reconstruction of a phylogenetic tree indicates that these algal DNA are near the root of the containing all recombination. DNA polymerase delta members but that this does not contain the polymerases of other DNA. We consider arguments for the polarity of this relationship and present the hypothesis that the replication genes of DNA. DNA can be visualized as a complicated knot that must be unknotted by enzymes in order for replication or transcription to occur. It is perhaps not surprising then that connections between mathe
