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defined:
The strand of DNA that does not carry the information necessary to make a protein. The non-coding strand is the mirror image of the coding strand and is also known as the antisense strand.
explained:
Listen to a detailed explanation. Dr. Richard Morgan, formerly of the National Human Genome Research Institute's Clinical Gene Therapy Branch, defines non-coding DNA.
relatedterms:
deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA), protein, antisense
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