Messenger RNA is A(n)____ of the Amino Acid-Coding Nucleotide Sequence

Question

Messenger RNA is a(n)____ of the amino acid-coding nucleotide sequence of a gene.
A) exact copy of the DNA template
B) exact copy of the tRNA template
C) double-stranded complementary copy
D) single-stranded complementary copy
E) single-stranded anti-complementary copy

Accepted Answer

Messenger RNA (mRNA) is a single-stranded complementary copy of the DNA template, meaning it contains the same sequence of nucleotides as one of the DNA strands, except that it contains uracil (U) instead of thymine (T). The mRNA sequence is complementary to the template strand of DNA, allowing for base pairing and transcription of the gene's information.