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antisense /an·ti·sense/ (an´te-) (an´ti-sens) referring to the strand of a double-stranded molecule that does not directly encode the product (the sense strand ) but is complementary to it.
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Antisense strand of DNA, complementary to the sense (coding) strand and serving as a template for RNA synthesis.
an·ti·sense (nt-sns, nt-)
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Of or relating to a nucleotide sequence that is complementary to a sequence of messenger RNA. When antisense DNA or RNA is added to a cell, it binds to a specific messenger RNA molecule and inactivates it.
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