When the Nontemplate Strand of a Gene is Transcribed into RNA

Question

When the nontemplate strand of a gene is transcribed into RNA, what is likely to result?
A) A complementary sRNA will bind to it and form a functional ribozyme with secondary structure.
B) It will complementarily bind to the gene sequence, form a hairpin loop, and transcriptionally repress the gene.
C) The complementary mRNA transcribed from the template strand will bind to it and halt its translation.
D) A global regulator will identify this as a stress, respond by inducing ribonuclease production, and it will be degraded.

Accepted Answer

The complementary mRNA transcribed from the template strand is designed to be complementary to the template strand, not the nontemplate (coding) strand. Therefore, it will not bind to the nontemplate strand but rather is used during translation to produce proteins. The other options describe scenarios that do not directly relate to the transcription of the nontemplate strand into RNA.