open reading frame

English

Noun

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

1. (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)