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5'- ATGCTATCATTGACCTTGAGTTATTAA -3'
i) Is this a strand of DNA or RNA? How do you know?
ii) If DNA, what is the complementary strand?
iii) If this were the coding strand of a DNA molecule, what would the mRNA sequence be?
iv) If this were the noncoding strand of a DNA molecule, what would the mRNA sequence be?
v) If DNA and a base were inserted at the beginning of the 5' end of the molecule, how would that affect protein synthesis and the resultant protein? (Hint: think about the code!)
vi) If DNA and the G were deleted at the asterisk, how would this affect protein synthesis and the resultant protein? (Hint: think about the code!)
vii) What would happen to the reading frame if three bases were inserted/deleted? Why?