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If transcription occurred from left to right, which strand is the template strand?

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If the polymerase is moving from left to right, the strand that is oriented from 3' to 5' left to right is the bottom strand. This is the template strand. The top strand is called the coding strand (or sometimes the non-template) strand.

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