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Subject: How does 'the cell' know which of the two strands of DNA to transcribe?

Posted by Chet Dickson
Grade level: teacher/prof
School: Granite Bay H.S.
City: Granite Bay State/Province: CA
Country: USA
Area of science: Molecular Biology
Message:

DNA is composed of a double strand of DNA nucleotides. mRNA is produced by transcribing one of the DNA strands. How does the cell know which of the two strands to transcribe at any given time.


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