reading frame

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Definition of reading frame in English English dictionary

One of the three possible ways in which an mRNA sequence of nucleotides can be read as a series of base triplets to specify the amino acids in a protein chain

Related Terms

open reading frame

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

Hyphenation

read·ing frame

Turkish pronunciation

ridîng freym

Pronunciation

/ˈrēdəɴɢ ˈfrām/ /ˈriːdɪŋ ˈfreɪm/