E.Coli. has only base pairs and completes the process of replication within 18 minutes; then the average rate of polymerization is approximately
3000 base pairs /second
4000 base pairs /second
1000 base pairs /second
2000 base pairs /second
E. coli has only 4.6 ×106 bp and completes the process of replication within 18 minutes.
Rate of polymerization = nucleotides / time
= 4.6 ×106 / 18 * 60
= 4259 bp per second