Single-Stranded Binding Proteins (SSBPs) in DNA synthesis
Double-stranded DNA (dsDNA) is extremely
stable: single-stranded DNA (ssDNA)
is extremely unstable. Single-Stranded
Binding Proteins (SSBPs)
protect ssDNA while
it is being replicated.
Figure © 2012 TA Brown, Introduction
to Genetics (1st ed.); additional
text © 2014 by Steven M. Carr