Open Reading Frame
An open reading frame (ORF) is a reading frame that contains a start codon, and a subsequent region which usually has a length which is a multiple of 3 nucleotides, but does not contain a stop codon in a given reading frame.
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Famous quotes containing the words open, reading and/or frame:
“If we keep an open mind, too much is likely to fall into it.”
—Natalie Clifford Barney (1876–1972)
“My mother ... believed fiction gave one an unrealistic view of the world. Once she caught me reading a novel and chastised me: “Never let me catch you doing that again, remember what happened to Emma Bovary.””
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“We are not permitted to choose the frame of our destiny. But what we put into it is ours.”
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