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antisense

Pronunciation: /ˌæntaɪˈsɛns/

The English word “antisense” has 2 meanings listed here.

noun

  1. The strand of nucleic acid complementary to a strand which codes for an RNA or protein.

adjective

  1. Of a strand of nucleic acid, complementary to a strand coding for RNA or protein.

Etymology

From anti- + sense.

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