What is the function of ligase?
Danielle G.
answered 11/18/21
Medical Doctor with 10+ Years of Science Tutoring Experience
Ligase is an enzyme who's function is to seal the "nicks" of DNA during DNA replication...for example on the lagging strand of the daughter strand of DNA.
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