What Uracil Pair with?

Uracil pairs with adenine rather than with guanine. Xanthine, like guanine, pairs with cytosine.

What base-pairs go with uracil?

During the synthesis of an RNA strand from a DNA template (transcription), uracil pairs only with adenine, and guanine pairs only with cytosine.

What does uracil pair with in mRNA?

During transcription, DNA is converted to messenger RNA (mRNA) by an enzyme called RNA polymerase. ... In DNA/RNA base pairing, adenine (A) pairs with uracil (U), and cytosine (C) pairs with guanine (G).

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