DNA-dependent RNA polymerase catalyze transcription on one strand of the DNA which is called the
Alpha strand
Antistrand
Coding strand
Template strand
A
Template strand
B
Antistrand
C
Coding strand
D
Alpha strand
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The template DNA strand serve in RNA synthesis during transcription is called anticoding or antisense strand while the other strand is called coding or sense strand as its base sequence is same as that of newly synthesized mRNA.
Therefore, the correct answer is option C.
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