Translating DNA into mRNA...please help...?

Question

This is a small piece of DNA. Which codons would be made when this small piece of DNA is copied into mRNA? (Be careful-- remember the direction of mRNA is made!)

5' T C C C A T 3"

thanks so much!!!

Answer 1

Seriously?

3' AGG GUA 5'

Gaaaah you are right!  Don't know how I managed that one, my brain is not awake today!  Uracil in RNA, not thymine.

Answer 2

mRNA is "transcribed" from DNA

protein is translated from mRNA

If this is the DNA sequence:

5' T C C C A T 3'

then this is the RNA compliment:

5'AUG GGA 3'

and this is the protein translation:

Methionine - Glycine

Answer 3

3' A G G G U A 5'

Remember that thymine (T) is replaced by uracil (U) in RNA

Answer 4

mRNA synthesized in 5' to 3' direction therefore we work backwards on this strand,

3' TAC  CCT 5'

5' AUG GGA 3'

(AUG is a start codon which will be the initiating sequence for

translation into an amino acid chain). it codes for met.