Sense strand

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Sense strand is the strand of DNA during transcription which is transcribed into mRNA. (The sense strand is roughly the same as the mRNA strand; the mRNA strand undergoes intron deletion prior to translation). This is because it is co-linear mRNA transcription. [[Image: Different genes are found on different "sides" of the DNA. Not all genes correspond to only one strand of DNA.

Knowing the difference correspond to either strand; however, a single array will be made entirely of "sense" or "anti-sense" strands.

Identifying the different strands is also important in understanding small interfering RNAs, or siRNA.

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