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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.
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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