Q.

If the sequence of nitrogen bases of the coding strand of DNA in a transcription unit is
5' - A T G A A T G - 3'
the sequence of bases in its RNA transcript would be

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a

5' - C A U U C A U - 3'

b

5' - G U A A G U A - 3'

c

5' - U A C U U A C - 3'

d

5' - A U G A A U G - 3'

answer is A.

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Option (a) gives the correct sequence of bases in the RNA transcript for the given DNA coding strand.
5' - A T G A A T G - 3' (coding strand)
                ↓
3' - T A C T T A C - 5' (template strand)
                ↓
5' - A U G A A U G - 3' (RNA)

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