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5' to 3' orientation

the direction along a Polynucleotide molecule as defined by proceeding from the 5´-phosphate terminus towards the 3´-hydroxyl terminus or by extending a Polynucleotide by the addition of residues to the 3'-hydroxyl terminus.
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