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NEET 2012 Biology question

BiologyBiomoleculesNEET 2012

If one strand of DNA has the nitrogenous base sequence as ATCTG, what would be the complementary RNA strand sequence ?

Answer: (3)

Solution

In transcription the RNA is complementary to the DNA strand that serves as template. The pairing rules are A-U, T-A, C-G and G-C. For the strand 3'-A T C T G-5' (written as given), the complementary RNA is: A pairs with U, T with A, C with G, T with A, G with C, so the

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