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 [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.
Miller-Keane Encyclopedia and Dictionary of Medicine, Nursing, and Allied Health, Seventh Edition. © 2003 by Saunders, an imprint of Elsevier, Inc. All rights reserved.

an·ti·cod·ing strand

the strand of duplex DNA that is used as a template for the synthesis of mRNA.
Synonym(s): antisense strand
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non-coding strand

A strand of DNA that is not translated into a protein.
Segen's Medical Dictionary. © 2012 Farlex, Inc. All rights reserved.

antisense strand

see ANTICODING STRAND.
Collins Dictionary of Biology, 3rd ed. © W. G. Hale, V. A. Saunders, J. P. Margham 2005
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