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Open reading frame (orf)

 ... Biology Level of organization of bodies Molecular biology DNA Genetic code Reading frame
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Area between a start codon and an stop codon.
This term is useful because:
  • there are some crazy constructs, notably in viruses, in which there's more than one gene in a single orf
  • post-transcriptional modifications can throw out parts of the sequence
  • Table of contents
    • NCBI open reading frame tool Open reading frame

NCBI open reading frame tool

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Open reading frame
NCBI online tool to find and view all open reading frames in a given FASTA: www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/orffinder/

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  • E. Coli K-12 MG1655 gene thrA
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