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<div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p class="res-header-id"><b>Generated Narrative: CodeSystem moleculardefinition-strand</b></p><a name="moleculardefinition-strand"> </a><a name="hcmoleculardefinition-strand"> </a><div style="display: inline-block; background-color: #d9e0e7; padding: 6px; margin: 4px; border: 1px solid #8da1b4; border-radius: 5px; line-height: 60%"><p style="margin-bottom: 0px">Last updated: 2026-03-23 00:00:00+0000</p><p style="margin-bottom: 0px">Profile: <a href="http://hl7.org/fhir/R5/shareablecodesystem.html">Shareable CodeSystem</a></p></div><p>This case-sensitive code system <code>http://hl7.org/fhir/uv/cg-incubator/CodeSystem/moleculardefinition-strand</code> defines the following codes:</p><table class="codes"><tr><td style="white-space:nowrap"><b>Code</b></td><td><b>Display</b></td><td><b>Definition</b></td></tr><tr><td style="white-space:nowrap">forward<a name="moleculardefinition-strand-forward"> </a></td><td>Forward strand</td><td>5' to 3' for nucleotides or N-to-C for amino acids; also known as the positive/plus/sense/Watson strand. Single stranded sequences are conventionally represented in the forward direction.</td></tr><tr><td style="white-space:nowrap">reverse<a name="moleculardefinition-strand-reverse"> </a></td><td>Reverse strand</td><td>3' to 5' orientation; also known as the negative/minus/antisense/Crick strand. Applicable only to double stranded sequences.</td></tr></table></div>
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