DNA strand terminology

Sense strand, coding strand, noncodagenic strand, nontemplate strand

The DNA strand with the same sequence as the transcribed mRNA (given U in RNA and T in DNA).

Antisense strand, noncoding strand, codagenic strand, template strand

The DNA strand that forms the template for both the transcribed mRNA and the coding DNA strand.

References

1. http://www.biochem.northwestern.edu/holmgren/Glossary/Definitions/Def-C/coding_strand.html

2. http://www.biochem.northwestern.edu/holmgren/Glossary/Definitions/Def-A/anticoding_strand.html

3. Schickor P, Metzger W, Werel W, Lederer H, and Heumann H. Topography of intermediates in transcription initiation of E.coli. EMBO J. 1990 Jul;9(7):2215-20. DOI:10.1002/j.1460-2075.1990.tb07391.x |