What is the function of the Tus protein (encoded by tus)?

a. binding the terminus (Ter site) and blocking progress of the replication fork
b. holding together the two core enzymes for the leading and lagging strands
c. preventing single strands of DNA from annealing
d. unlinking interlocked circles


Answer: A

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