It is known that the second amino acid in that protein is argınine, and if we zoom in and look in the genome browser at where the second codon is encoded, we see the DNA sequence 5-CCT-3. Are we looking at the coding strand or the template strand?

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It is known that the second amino acid in that protein is argınine, and if we zoom in and look in the genome browser at where the second codon is encoded, we see
the DNA sequence 5-CCT-3. Are we looking at the coding strand or the template strand?
Transcribed Image Text:It is known that the second amino acid in that protein is argınine, and if we zoom in and look in the genome browser at where the second codon is encoded, we see the DNA sequence 5-CCT-3. Are we looking at the coding strand or the template strand?
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The coding strand is the sense strand of the DNA double helix that has the polarity of 5'--> 3' and is not directly involved in transcription. Whereas the template strand is the antisense DNA strand that has the polarity of 3' --> 5' and directly codes for the process of transcription. 

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