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Initiator protein

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The initiator proteins are the proteins that recognize a specific DNA sequence within the origin of replication. The origin of replication is the site where the helicase attaches to the template strand and starts to unwind the DNA into two strands.[1]

References

  1. ^ Life :The Science of Biology by David Sadava, Craig Heller, May Berenbaum and, David Hillis ISBN 978-1464136399