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open reading frames

open reading frames is the plural of open reading frame.

Meaning of open reading frame

Noun

open reading frame (plural open reading frames, abbreviation ORF)

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

Questions about open reading frames

What is open reading frames the plural of?
Open reading frames is the plural of open reading frame.

Words near open reading frames in the dictionary

  1. open rate
  2. open rates
  3. open razor
  4. open razors
  5. open reading frame
  6. open reading frames
  7. open rectangle
  8. open rectangles
  9. open relationship
  10. open relationships
  11. open road

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