Which enzyme makes the short RNA primer in cellular DNA replication?
ADNA ligase
BDNA helicase
CDNA primase
DDNA gyrase
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: C. DNA primase
All cellular life forms use a primase to synthesise the RNA primer that polymerase then extends.
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