Kornberg showed that new DNA molecules can be synthesized in a test tube containing deoxyribose
A) nucleoside monophosphates.
B) nucleoside diphosphates.
C) nucleoside triphosphates.
D) nucleotide diphosphates.
E) nucleotide triphosphates.

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Kornberg used nucleoside triphosphates (NTPs) to synthesize new DNA molecules in a test tube. These NTPs provide the necessary energy and building blocks to create the phosphodiester linkages between nucleotides in the growing DNA strand.

Kornberg Showed That New DNA Molecules Can Be Synthesized in a Test