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AAT Bioquest

What are the examples of complementary base pairs?

Posted April 5, 2024


Answer

In DNA, adenine (A) forms hydrogen bonds with thymine (T), and cytosine (C) forms hydrogen bonds with guanine (G). In RNA, uracil (U) replaces thymine (T) as the complementary base to adenine (A). 

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