Coding strand
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.
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