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The sense strand has the same base sequence as mRNA with uracil instead of thymine. The antisense strand is transcribed.

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Q: Difference between sense and anti sense strands of DNA?
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What DNA strand would bond opposite?

assuming that 5' CTGA 3': 3' GACT 5'


How can you compare DNA to a zipper?

During the processes of DNA replication and transcription, the two strands of the DNA molecule separate, or "unzip", so that the two strands can be copied by DNA nucleotides, or the anti-sense strand of DNA can be transcribed by mRNA.


DNA strands are anti parallel -explain?

DNA strand are anti parallel because they have complementary base pair and each two strand coiled to 5'_3' and other strand is 3'_5'.


What is anti sense therapy?

Anti-sense therapy refers to inserting cDNA sequences to bind mRNA's (through complementarity thus preventing these mRNA's from being translated into proteins.


What is the relationship of the two DNA strands to each other?

The two strands in a DNA molecule (the polynucleotides) are complementary to each other. This means that the base sequence in one strand determines the base sequence in the other strand. This happens because of specific base pairing. An adenine in one strand always pairs with a thymine in the other strand, and a cytosine in one strand always pairs with a guanine in the other strand. So if you know the base sequence in one strand of the DNA yoiu can work out the sequence in the complementary strand. See: http://www.phschool.com/science/biology_place/biocoach/dnarep/basepair.htmlDNA strands run anti-parallel from one another, and have a double helix structure. The strands are held together by hydrogen bonds between base pairs that are weak individually, but collectively strong.

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