AP BIOLOGY

LABORATORY REVIEW

MOLECULAR BIOLOGY

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
This is a sequence of nucleotides from a section of mRNA.AUGAAACGCACGCAGFrom which DNA sequence has it been transcribed?
A
ATGAAACGCACGCAG
B
UACUUUGCGUGCGAC
C
TACUUUGCGTGCGTC
D
TACTTTGCGTGCGTC
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -The sequence of nucleotides in the mRNA molecule is read consecutively in groups of three. RNA is a linear polymer of four different nucleotides, so there are 4 × 4 × 4 = 64 possible combinations of three nucleotides: the triplets AAA, AUA, AUG, and so on.

Detailed explanation-2: -The sequence for AACGTAACG in mRNA molecule synthesized after transcription from a DNA strand shall be UUGCAUUGC.

Detailed explanation-3: -The normal sequence of mRNA transcribed from a particular DNA strand is. 5’-AUG GUC GGA CUG GGC GUC UAA-3’. As a result of mutation in DNA, the mRNA sequence is changed to. 5’-AUG GUC UGA CUG GGC GUC UAA-3’.

Detailed explanation-4: -The template strand of DNA contains the nucleotide base sequence ATGCCA.

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