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A scientist isolated DNA from a particular bacterium and decided to analyze it. The sequence of the bacterial DNA is ATGGGCTAGTCTT. What will the complementary strand be?
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A scientist isolated DNA from a particular bacterium and decided to analyze it. The sequence of the bacterial DNA is ATGGGCTAGTCTT. What will the complementary strand be?

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The complementary strand would be TACCCGATCAGAA.

A pairs with T and C pairs with G. So, for example, the complementary strand of CAT is GTA, since the C pairs with G, the A pairs with T, and T pairs with A.
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