Note, possible conception could be anytime between about one and five days after sex, depending on when you had sex in your fertile window in relation to ovulation. This is because sperm can live in the female reproductive tract for up to five days and the egg can survive for about 12-24 hours after ovulation.
What enzyme unwinds DNA? A: The powerful enzyme DNA helicase unwinds the double strands of DNA by breaking the bonds between each of the complementary bases. These bases are held together by strong hydrogen bonds, but in breaking these, DNA helicase creates two single-stranded DNA molecules. Continue Reading.
Replication Fork. During DNA replication a DNA double helix must unwind and separate so that DNA polymerase enzymes can use each single strand as a template for the synthesis of a new double strand. Strand separation is catalyzed by a Helicase enzyme.n both the leading and lagging strands, DNA replication starts with primase adding a short (3 to 10 base) RNA primer to the template strand. Once the primer is added, DNA polymerase III elongates the strand by added DNA nucleotides to the 3â-hydroxy end of the growing polymer.