AP BIOLOGY

THE MOLECULAR BASIS OF INHERITANCE

DNA MAKES RNA MAKES PROTEIN

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Which nitrogen base CAN’T you use during transcription?
A
adenine
B
uracil
C
cytosine
D
thymine
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -The nitrogenous base you cant use during replication is Uracil. There are five types of nitrogenous bases in the DNA/RNA structure. For DNA, we have adenine, cytosine, guanine and thymine. For RNA, we have Uracil in place of thymine and the other three.

Detailed explanation-2: -Answer and Explanation: Uracil (U) is the nitrogenous base that is not found on nucleotides used to build the new molecule in transcription.

Detailed explanation-3: -Thymine is the only residue replaced to uracil in the base upon transcription.

Detailed explanation-4: -The bases used in DNA are adenine (A), cytosine (C), guanine (G) and thymine (T). In RNA, the base uracil (U) takes the place of thymine.

Detailed explanation-5: -Under normal circumstances, the nitrogen-containing bases adenine (A) and thymine (T) pair together, and cytosine (C) and guanine (G) pair together. The binding of these base pairs forms the structure of DNA .

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