Sense strand
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Sense strand is the strand of DNA during transcription which is not transcribed into mRNA. This is because it is co-linear as opposed to complementary for the RNA sequence. It makes "sense" with the genetic code as the translated protein peptide sequence can be directly inferred from this strand. The "anti-sense" strand is complementary to the "sense" and is the actual template for mRNA transcription.
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Merrill, Dr. Gary F. 'Transcription', lecture notes distributed in Biochemistry 451 General Biochemistry, Oregon State University, Weigend on 06 June 2006.
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