Antisense strand. Definition. noun, plural: antisense strands. Strand of DNA running from 3' to 5' complementing the sense strand, and is not transcribed into mRNA. Supplement. The antisense strand of DNA is not the strand used to make mRNA but the sense strand. However, since the antisense strand complements the sense strand, the former would have the same nucleotide sequence as that of the mRNA following transcription. Also called:
Full Definition of VERNACULAR. 1. a: using a language or dialect native to a region or country rather than a literary, cultured, or foreign language b: of, relating to, or being a nonstandard language or dialect of a place, region, or country c: of, relating to, or being the normal spoken form of a language.
prose. 1. the ordinary form of spoken or written language, without metrical structure, as distinguished from poetry or verse. 2. matter-of-fact, commonplace, or dull expression, quality, discourse, etc. 3. of, in, or pertaining to prose. 4. commonplace; prosaic.5. to turn into or express in prose.rose. n. 1. (Literary & Literary Critical Terms) spoken or written language as in ordinary usage, distinguished from poetry by its lack of a marked metrical structure. 2. (Education) a passage set for translation into a foreign language.