One strand of DNA holds the information that codes for various genes; this strand is often called the template strand or antisense strand (containing anticodons). The other, and complementary, strand is called the coding strand or sense strand (containing codons). Since mRNA is made from the template strand, it has the same information as the coding strand.
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positive-sense strand Virology. 1. the strand that functions as the messenger (mRNA) in RNA.the strand that functions as the messenger (mRNA) in RNA. 2. in DNA, the strand that has the same sequence as the mRNA. Also, positive strand.in DNA, the strand that has the same sequence as the mRNA. Also, positive strand. http://www.harcourt.com/dictionary/def/8/0/1/0/8010100.html

"Sense" strand: Most genetic material, both DNA and RNA, appears as two chains or strands of nucleotides wound together into a double helix - the common picture of DNA. Each nucleotide - A, T, C and G - has an attractive opposite (A attracts T, C attracts G). As a result, one strand, the "sense" strand, contains the information (for example, ATG-AAA) and the other strand, the "antisense" strand contains the opposite of this information (TAC-TTT - according to the pairing rules). Antisense RNA is the "antisense" half of a complete double RNA strand. RNA viruses consist of two types - "sense" RNA viruses, whose genetic material consists of the "sense" half of a complete strand, and "antisense" RNA viruses, which have the "antisense" half. Sense RNA viruses can have their genetic material read out directly by the ribosomes of their host cells - antisense RNA viruses must first copy themselves into a "sense" strand of RNA. http://www.epidemic.org/glossaryText/glossaryP-S.html

The DNA strand which serves as the template may be called "template strand", "minus strand", or "antisense strand". The other DNA strand may be termed "non-template strand", "coding strand", "plus strand", or "sense strand". Since both DNA coding strand and RNA strand are complementary to the template strand, they have the same sequences except that T in the DNA coding strand is replaced by U in the RNA strand.
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