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Title: During transcription, was the adenine at the left-hand side of the sequence the first ...
Post by: carabbbb on Mar 24, 2014
The following is a portion of an mRNA sequence:
3'-AUCGUCAUGCAGA-5'

During transcription, was the adenine at the left-hand side of the sequence the first or the last nucleotide added to the portion of mRNA shown?

    the first or the last


Title: During transcription, was the adenine at the left-hand side of the sequence the first ...
Post by: duddy on Mar 24, 2014
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The last because that is the way you read a strand of DNA, in the 5' to 3' direction.

The synthesis of a strand of DNA is in the 5’ to 3’ direction.