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Definition of Antisense

1. [adj]

Medical Definition of Antisense

1. In general the complementary strand of a coding sequence of DNA (antisense DNA) or of mRNA (antisense RNA). A collection of nucleotide sequences which are not templates for synthesis but yet interact with complementary sequences in other molecules thereby causing function of those molecules to be affected. Antisense RNA hybridises with and inactivates mRNA. (12 Dec 1998)

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Literary usage of Antisense

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Molecular Neurobiology: Proceedings of the Second Nimh Conference by Steven Zalcman (1995)
"In the first set of experiments, several antisense Oligodeoxynucleotides (D-oligos) corresponding to the rat NPY Yl-type receptor (J. Biol. ..."

2. Mammalian Embryo Genomics by OECD (2003)
"Targeting Gene Expression In the Preimplantation Mouse Embryo Using Morpholino antisense Oligos AJ. Watson and LS Siddall Departments of Obstetrics and ..."

3. Gene Expression in Field Crops: Bibliography January 1991-November 1992 edited by Janet Saunders, Robert D. Warmbrodt (1995)
"We used an in vitro assay to study viral DNA replication in the absence of cell- to-cell spread; no replication was seen in five of the six antisense lines ..."

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