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@Thymine's answer is correct. I just thought I'd post a more graphic answer for clarity.
<==(RNA Pol)3'------------------------- 5'
5' ------------------------------------------------------ 3'
3' ------------------------------------------------------ 5'
The RNA Polymerase is synthesizing on the 3' to 5' strand, but nucleic acids are ...
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They're both correct. The confusion stems from the book talking about the anticoding strand as well as the newly-formed coding RNA strand, whereas Khan Academy talks only about the coding strand.
From the book:
The anticoding strand is transcribed from 3' to 5'.
Therefore the coding strand is produced from 5' to 3', meaning the very first nucleotide ...
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