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The 'coding strand' (also known as the non-template strand) is the DNA strand that has the same base sequence as the RNA transcript and carries the codons for a particular sequece of amino acids in the polypeptide chain.  
The 'coding strand' (also known as the non-template strand) is the DNA strand that has the same base sequence as the RNA transcript and carries the codons for a particular sequence of amino acids in the polypeptide chain.  


== References  ==
== References  ==

Revision as of 23:04, 27 November 2014

The 'coding strand' (also known as the non-template strand) is the DNA strand that has the same base sequence as the RNA transcript and carries the codons for a particular sequence of amino acids in the polypeptide chain.

References

Bertoni et al., 2012: p.650

Bibliography

Bertoni, G., Hardin, J. and Kleinsmith, L. J., 2012. Becker’s world of the cell. 8th ed. San Francisco: Benjamin Cummins