Having a sequence of nucleotides complementary to (and hence capable of binding to) a coding (or sense) sequence, which may be either that of the strand of a DNA double helix which undergoes transcription, or that of a messenger RNA molecule.
〔遗传〕反意的，反义的
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The sense and antisense RNAs are complimentary and the strands will readily bind together to form a duplex.
Both sense and antisense strands were sequenced from tumour samples; only forward strands were sequenced from corresponding normal tissue.
Broken arrows indicate starts of sense and antisense transcription.
The genotypes were confirmed by sequencing both sense and antisense strands using forward and reverse primers in separate reactions.
Such mutants have been generated by chemical mutagenesis, gene disruption, and antisense gene silencing.
Definition of antisense in US English:
antisense
adjectiveˈantēˌsens
Genetics
Having a sequence of nucleotides complementary to (and hence capable of binding to) a coding sequence, which may be either that of the strand of a DNA double helix that undergoes transcription, or that of a messenger RNA molecule.
〔遗传〕反意的，反义的
Example sentencesExamples
Broken arrows indicate starts of sense and antisense transcription.
Such mutants have been generated by chemical mutagenesis, gene disruption, and antisense gene silencing.
Both sense and antisense strands were sequenced from tumour samples; only forward strands were sequenced from corresponding normal tissue.
The genotypes were confirmed by sequencing both sense and antisense strands using forward and reverse primers in separate reactions.
The sense and antisense RNAs are complimentary and the strands will readily bind together to form a duplex.