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On which strand of DNA,mRNA is constructed?

A
Sense strand
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Antisense strand
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Both the strand
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Any one strand
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Solution

The correct option is A Sense strand
(A) Sense strand
The process of conversion of mRNA from DNA is called 'Transcription'.
There are 3 genes respectively(Promoter gene, structural gene and terminator gene) that are required in the process.
The RNA polymerase (enzyme that initiated transcription binds with the 'sense strand' at the promoter gene to initiate the process. The polarity of sense strand (or template strand) is 35.

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