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antisense strand,

the strand of a double-stranded nucleic acid that is complementary to the sense strand, in DNA being the template strand on which the mRNA is synthesized. Compare sense strand.

strand [strand]

a thread or fiber or a structure resembling one.

antisense strand the strand of a double-stranded nucleic acid that is complementary to the sense strand; in DNA it is the template strand on which the mRNA is synthesized.

sense strand the strand of a double-stranded nucleic acid that encodes the product; in DNA it is the strand that encodes the RNA, having thus the same base sequence except changing T for U in the RNA. See also antisense strand.

antisense strand

one of the two strands in a DNA molecule that is not transcribed.

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