“read ing”

The following 2 entries include the term read ing.

open reading frame

noun

: a reading frame that does not contain a nucleotide triplet which stops translation before formation of a complete polypeptide abbreviation ORF

reading frame

noun

: any of the three possible ways of reading a sequence of nucleotides as a series of triplets see open reading frame


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