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Cell Biology Problem

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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?

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