Coding strand

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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 sequence of amino acids in the polypeptide chain [1].

References

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