Suppose you know the sequence of bases on one DNA strand ( one side of the DNA ladder ) is AGCTCAG. what is the sequence of the

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maw [93]

3 years ago

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Suppose you know the sequence of bases on one DNA strand ( one side of the DNA ladder ) is AGCTCAG. what is the sequence of the

bases on the opposite strand?

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2 answers:

gayaneshka [121] · Answer 1 · 2022-06-24T11:41:13+03:00

gayaneshka [121]3 years ago

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TCGAGTC is the matching strand sequence!

mojhsa [17] · Answer 2 · 2022-06-24T13:46:59+03:00

Answer:

CTGAGCT

Explanation:

DNA has a double stranded helical structure. The nucleotide of a DNA consist of the following bases; adenine (A), thymine (T), guanine (G) and cytosine (C). In DNA, the bases are on both strands and they pair with each other as follow

Adenine only binds to thymine and vice versa
Guanine only binds to cytosine and vice versa

When one strand is read in one direction, the other strand is read in the reverse direction; this is because the strands move in opposite direction and are written/represented as such.

So, based on the above, the opposing strand of AGCTCAG is written as CTGAGCT not as TCGAGTC.