Biological Science (6th Edition)

by Freeman, Scott; Quillin, Kim; Allison, Lizabeth; Black, Michael; Taylor, Emily; Podgorski, Greg; Carmichael Jeff

Published by Benjamin Cummings

ISBN 10: 0321976495

ISBN 13: 978-0-32197-649-9

Chapter 4 - Nucleic Acids and the RNA World - Review - Page 105: 7

Answer

The complementary DNA sequence would be 5'-ATCGATATC-3'. The same sequence in RNA would have all thymines replaced with uracil.

Work Step by Step

Nucleotides complementary to the template DNA strand are synthesized in the 5' to 3' direction in the DNA and RNA sequence. For instance, in DNA, adenine is complemented with thymine and cytosine with guanine. If this sequence was in RNA, the sequence would be 5'-AUCGAUAUC-3' .

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