Biological Glossary | What is Sense Strand?

In biology, a sense strand or coding strand is the part of the double-stranded DNA that carries the translatable code, running in the 5' to 3' direction. It is complementary to the antisense strand, which does not directly carry the translatable code. The sense strand has the same sequence as the mRNA which is used as a template for protein synthesis during transcription. A key difference is that in the DNA sense strand, thymine is present instead of uracil, which is found in mRNA. 

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