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Given the sequence of one strand of DNA is 5'-ATGTAGT-3', what is the sequence of the opposite strand
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Given the sequence of one strand of DNA is 5'-ATGTAGT-3', what is the sequence of the opposite strand

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A DNA strand is complementary. This means adenine pairs with thymine and cytosine pairs with guanine in the opposite strand. The given strand has a sequence 5'-GAATTG-3'. Hence the complementary strand will have a sequence 5'-CAATTC-3'

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