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AGGTATCGCAT is a sequence from the coding strand of a gene. What will be the corresponding sequence of the transcribed mRNA ?

  • Option 1)

    ACCUAUGCGAU

  • Option 2)

    UGGTUTCGCAT

  • Option 3)

    AGGUAUCGCAU

  • Option 4)

    UCCAUAGCGUA

 

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As we learnt in

DNA and RNA components -

Cytosine is common for both DNA and RNA and Thymine is present in DNA.

- wherein

Uracil is present in RNA at the place of thymine.

Coding strand and mRNA has same nucleotide sequence except, ‘T’ – Thymine is replaced by ‘U’–Uracil in mRNA. 

 


Option 1)

ACCUAUGCGAU

This is incorrect.

Option 2)

UGGTUTCGCAT

This is incorrect.

Option 3)

AGGUAUCGCAU

This is correct.

Option 4)

UCCAUAGCGUA

This is incorrect.

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