Antisense strand
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Antisense strand (of DNA) The DNA strand which carries the complementary sequence to the mRNA. It is of course the strand which is actually transcribed into the mRNA.
Antisense strand
The noncoding strand of the DNA double helix that serves as the template for mRNA synthesis.
Related Terms:
Strand
It is customary in genetics to use strand for chromatid.
ANTISENSE STRAND (OR PRIMER) - Refers to the RNA or DNA strand of a duplex molecule which is complementary to that encoding a polypeptide.
(Synthesis of this mRNA uses the antisense strand as a template.) [More] SensitiveAble to detect a low level of something.
You can't read DNA or RNA in both directions, and so there's a sense strand for DNA, and then there's a second strand of DNA which is called the antisense strand.
A few DNA sequences in prokaryotes and eukaryotes, and more in plasmids and viruses, blur the distinction between sense and antisense strands by having overlapping genes.
Some people use the term ‘coding strand' and ‘non-coding strand' to refer to the sense and antisense strands, respectively. Unfortunately, many people interpret these terms in exactly the opposite way.
 See also: Antisense, Strand, DNA, Template, Sense
  
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