NEET 2016 · Class 12

Molecular Basis of Inheritance

DNA-dependent RNA polymerase catalyzes transcription on the strand of the DNA which is called the

  1. (A)antistrand
  2. (B)template strand
  3. (C)coding strand
  4. (D)alpha strand

The NCERT line that answers it

Verbatim line

During transcription also, one of the strands of DNA acts a template to direct the synthesis of complementary RNA.

Chapter
Molecular Basis of Inheritance
Section
5.10 DNA FINGERPRINTING
Page
29
Words matched
19 of 19

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5714, emb=0.8687, combined=0.7498). Verified: high — The span explicitly states 'one of the strands of DNA acts a template to direct the synthesis of complementary RNA,' which directly identifies the template strand as the one used in transcription.

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