Suppose that a portion of doublestranded DNA in the middle o

Suppose that a portion of double-stranded DNA in the middle of a large gene is being transcribed by an RNA polymerase. As the polymerase moves through the sequence of six bases shown in the diagram below, what is the corresponding sequence of bases in the RNA that is produced?

Enter the sequence of bases as capital letters with no spaces and no punctuation. Begin with the first base added to the growing RNA strand, and end with the last base added.

Solution

The template strand of the DNA will be transcribed to produce RNA strand. Nucleotides will be added to the 3\' end of the newly synthesizing RNA strand. Therefore, the correct sequence of RNA that will be produced is UGAGCC.