One of the strands encodes the protein, encodes for the protein, the other does not.

一条链编码蛋白质,指导蛋白质合成,另一条则不能

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The one that does is called the sense strand and the other one is called the anti-sense strand, anti meaning it's the compliment and it will hybridize to the sense.

能够进行编码的一条链叫做正义链,另一条则叫做反义链,反义的意思是它与正义链互补,并能够与之杂交

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