Which protein is needed to lay down a segment of RNA complementary to the DNA before replication can begin?
A)RNA polymerase II
B)primase
C)helicase
D)topoisomerase
E)ligase

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Primase is the enzyme responsible for synthesizing a short RNA primer, which serves as a starting point for DNA polymerase to begin DNA replication. This RNA segment is complementary to the DNA strand.

Which Protein Is Needed to Lay Down a Segment of RNA