Reading Frame At Biology Glossary
What is it? The sequence of nucleotides which is read as consecutive triplets during translation of mRNA into protein. A sequence of codons that continues without encountering a stop codon is called an open reading frame (ORF). For a sequence of double-stranded DNA tBio Definition Added By: Cameron
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