Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

open reading frame

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.43 in modern English

Syllables: open read-ing frame
IPA

25

Scrabble Score

16

Letters

2

Syllables

11

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A sequence of DNA triplets, between the initiator and terminator codons, that can be transcribed into mRNA and later translated into protein.

Inflected Forms

open reading frames (plural) ORF (abbreviation)

Questions

What does open reading frame mean?: A sequence of DNA triplets, between the initiator and terminator codons, that can be transcribed into mRNA and later translated into protein.

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