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Also to know is, what is the difference between template strand and coding strand?

For protein synthesis, messenger RNA must be made from one strand of DNA called the template strand. The other strand, called the coding strand, matches the messenger RNA in sequence except for its use of uracil in place of thymine.

Subsequently, question is, what is the function of the coding strand? During transcription, the coding strand of DNA serves as a template for synthesis of a complementary RNA molecule. The sequence of the RNA molecule is determined by complementary-base pairing so that the RNA is a complementary transcript (copy) of the coding strand of DNA.

Keeping this in view, what does template strand mean?

A template strand is the term that refers to the strand used by DNA polymerase or RNA polymerase to attach complementary bases during DNA replication or RNA transcription, respectively; either molecule moves down the strand in the 3' to 5' direction, and at each subsequent base, it adds the complement of the current

What is the coding strand called?

Wherever a gene exists on a DNA molecule, one strand is the coding strand (or sense strand), and the other is the noncoding strand (also called the antisense strand, anticoding strand, template strand or transcribed strand).