Sense strand. Definition. noun, plural: sense strands. Strand of DNA running from 5' to 3' complementing the antisense strand, and transcribed into mRNA. Supplement. The sense strand is the segment in the DNA to be transcribed to make mRNA. The resulting mRNA transcript can then be processed (e.g. splicing, in eukaryotes) and translated into a polypeptide. Also called: 1  coding strand.
Definitions for vested interest. vested interest(noun) (law) an interest in which there is a fixed right to present or future enjoyment and that can be conveyed to another. vested interest(noun) groups that seek to control a social system or activity from which they derive private benefit. Vested interest.
Vested in possession, if it is a present right to present enjoyment, such as an immediate right to income. Vested in interest, if it is a present right to future enjoyment, such as a right to capital which is ready to take effect when another beneficiary's interest ends.For example, Brian creates a trust to pay income to his daughter, Beatrice, for life and then to hold the capital for Beatrice's children on her death.Beatrice's interest is vested in possession, and her children's interests are vested in interest.ested in interest, if it is a present right to future enjoyment, such as a right to capital which is ready to take effect when another beneficiary's interest ends.