What will be the sequence of mRNA produced by the following stretch of DNA?
3' ATGCATGCATGCATG 5' TEMPLATE STR

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What will be the sequence of mRNA produced by the following stretch of DNA?
3' ATGCATGCATGCATG 5' TEMPLATE STRAND
5' TACGTACGTACGTAC 3' CODING STRAND

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According to the text, the strand with polarity 3'  5' acts as the template, while the other strand with polarity 5'  3' is called the coding strand. The sequence of the transcribed RNA is the same as the coding strand, except that Uracil (U) replaces Thymine (T). Since the coding strand is 5' TACGTACGTACGTAC 3', the resulting mRNA sequence will be 5' UACGUACGUACGUAC 3' , .

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