sentences:  Additionally, RNA polymerase increases the overall stability of this process by acting as a link between the RNA and DNA strands.New nucleotides that are complementary to the DNA template strand are added to the 3' end of the RNA strand.The newly formed RNA strand is "practically" identical to the DNA coding strand (sense strand or non-template strand), except it has uracil substituting thymine, and a ribose sugar backbone instead of a deoxyribose sugar backbone.