Question

What is the other side of the following DNA strand: ACCTGGTAACGT

Answer 1

Answer:

TACGGCA

Explanation:

We want to find the complementary strand of  

ATGCCGT

.

Remember that  

A

is adenine,  

G

is guanine,  

C

is cytosine, and  

T

is thymine.

Adenine always bonds with thymine, and guanine only bonds with cytosine. In  

RNA

however, uracil  

(

U

)

is substituted for thymine instead.

So, in translation, adenine turns into thymine, and guanine turns into cytosine, and vice-versa.

So, the complementary side would read  

TACGGCA

.