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Suraj M
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Could someone tell me what exactly is an open reading frame.(ORF)
What i know about it is that it starts its sequence with ATG, codes for amino acids and ends with a terminator codon, what does that mean? is it like an mRNA(can't be as it has ##T##) or part of the DNA which will form the mRNA(cistron), or direct DNA to protein synthesis(unlikely)?
Thank you
What i know about it is that it starts its sequence with ATG, codes for amino acids and ends with a terminator codon, what does that mean? is it like an mRNA(can't be as it has ##T##) or part of the DNA which will form the mRNA(cistron), or direct DNA to protein synthesis(unlikely)?
Thank you