99 Percentile Qs Bank for JEE MainChemistryBiomolecules
Primary structure in a nucleic acid contains bases as GATGC ... The chain which is complementary to this chain is
Options
- AGGTGA …
- BTGAAG . . .
- CCTACG …
- DTTTAG   . . .
Correct answer
C. CTACG …
Step-by-step solution
Bases are paired as follows: Cytosine (C) and Guanine (G) Adenine (A) and Thymine (T) So, complementary chain of GATGC..... is CTACG....