open reading frame

English

Noun

open reading frame (plural open reading frames) (abbreviated as: ORF)

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

Translations

a span of DNA sequence between the start and stop codons

Chinese:
Mandarin:开放阅读框 (kāifàng yuèdú kuàng)

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