See Also: Herbal medicine (botanical medicine, herbology, phytomedicine)(health)
Antisense RNA(medicine)
Antisense DNA(health)
Antisense(health)
antisense(medicine)
antisense DNA(medicine)
antisense(dictionary)
RNA, antisense(medicine)
DNA, antisense(medicine)
Antisense mRNA(health)

antisense DNA (medicine)


antisense DNA
<molecular biology> A synthetic DNA strand that is complementary to a particular strand of target DNA with a complementary sequence of bases. This results in preventing expression of the gene encoded.

These proteins can be used to selectively turn off production of certain proteins or block viral genetic instructions, by marking them for destruction by cellular enzymes, in order to prevent the building of new virus or the infection of new cells.