English Explanatory Dictionary

open reading frame

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A sequence of DNA triplets, between the initiator and terminator codons, that can be transcribed into mRNA and later translated into protein.

Word forms

open reading frame open reading frames ORF
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