The generous donations of Gamma Mu Alumni, companies, undergraduates and friends will support the awarding of scholarships to worthy BGSU students. Send check donations to: Theta Chi Gamma Mu Alumni Scholarship Foundation to: 6 Pine Forest Drive, Haines City, FL 33844.
The Biochemical Reactions. 1  DNA replication begins with the unzipping of the parent molecule as the hydrogen bonds between the base pairs are broken. 2  Once exposed, the sequence of bases on each of the separated strands serves as a template to guide the insertion of a complementary set of bases on the strand being synthesized.
DNA helicase is the enzyme that unwinds the DNA double helix by breaking the hydrogen bonds down the center of the strand. It begins at a site called the origin of replication, and it creates a replication fork by separating the two sides of the parental DNA. This 'unzipping' of the molecules will expose the nitrogenous bases of the nucleic acid chain so that new nucleotides can be added to create the daughter strand.