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If the sequence of a nontemplate strand of dna is 5'-accgcatccgagtcac-3' what is the sequence of the transcript?

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The RNA polymerase reads this non-coding strand and builds the transcript in the 5’ to 3’ direction. So you need to go backwards with this strand!
So the transcript will be (remember RNA uses U not T!):
5’- gugacucggaugcggu-3’
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