Transcription of DNA Only one of the two DNA strands is transcribed into mRNA The strand that contains the gene is called the coding strand,or sense strand The strand that gets transcribed is called the template strand,or antisense strand The RNA molecule produced during transcription is the complement of the DNA antisense strand and is therefore a copy of the DNA coding strand (except T has been replaced with U) Only one of the two DNA strands is transcribed into mRNA ▪ The strand that contains the gene is called the coding strand, or sense strand ▪ The strand that gets transcribed is called the template strand, or antisense strand ▪ The RNA molecule produced during transcription is the complement of the DNA antisense strand and is therefore a copy of the DNA coding strand (except T has been replaced with U) Transcription of DNA