Lehninger Principles of Biochemistry 6th Edition

Published by W.H. Freeman
ISBN 10: 1-42923-414-8
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Chapter 8 - Nucleotides and Nucleic Acids - Problems - Page 309: 2

Answer

(5')GCGCAATATTTTGAGAAATATTGCGC(3'); it contains a palindrome. The individual strands can form hairpin structures; The two strands can form a cruciform.

Work Step by Step

If One strand of a double-helical DNA has the sequence (5')GCGCAATATTTCTCAAAATATTGCGC(3').the base sequence of the complementary strand is (5')GCGCAATATTTTGAGAAATATTGCGC(3'). Palindrome is a special type of sequence is contained in this DNA segment that reads the same backwards as forwards. The individual strands can form hairpin structures and the two strands can form a cruciform.
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