Open Reading Frame (ORF) at Medical Drugs Glossary

What is Open Reading Frame (ORF)? The length of DNA sequence between the translation start signal and the termination codon that can be translated into a protein; the phase in which nucleotides can be read in sets of three that results in a protein.

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