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Explain why the mRNA strand is transcribed in the 5’ to 3’ direction from the DNA...

Explain why the mRNA strand is transcribed in the 5’ to 3’ direction from the DNA strand that is running in the 3’ to 5’ direction.

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During the transcription process of mRNA is created in 5' to 3' direction on the template or antisense strand of DNA which is running in 3' to 5' direction since, RNA polymerase enzyme only adds nucleotides to the 3' end of growing mRNA chain.

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