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
.
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