Question

1. What is the difference in the base pairing rules for DNA and RNA?

2. The what would be the complementary DNA strand for the following piece of DNA?

ATG GCT CTA CGT AAG



3. How would that change if the complementary strand was RNA?

Answer 1

1.

DNA

A-T

G-C

RNA

A-U

T-A

G-C

2.

TAC CGA GAT GCA TTC

3.

AUG GCU CUA CGU AAG