Jojo S.
asked • 03/16/18What is the sequence of nucleotides on the opposite complementary strand?
A short fragment of DNA has the following sequence on one of the strands:<>5' TTCCGATGACGA 3'< Assuming normal base pairing rules are followed, what is the sequence of nucleotides on the opposite complementary strand?
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Queendalyne O. answered • 03/10/24
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The complementary strand would be (3' - AAGGTACTGCT - 5').
The reason for this is because adenine (A) will always be complementary to thymine (T) on the DNA strand and guanine (G) will always be complementary to cytosine (C) on that same DNA strand.
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