This note defines the template strand as the antisense strand of DNA that is used during transcription to synthesize mRNA, ensuring the mRNA carries the same genetic code as the DNA's sense strand.
Template strand: antisense strand used as a template during transcription to create mRNA with the same code as the sense strand.
| Front | Define the term template strand. |
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| Back | Template strand - antisense strand of DNA that acts as a template during transcription so that the complementary mRNA strand formed carries the same code for a protein as the DNA sense strand |
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