Reading Frame

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Reading Frame Definition

One of the three possible ways of reading a nucleotide sequence. As the genetic code is read in nonoverlapping triplets (codons) there are three possible ways of translating a sequence of nucleotides into a protein, each with a different starting point.

Reading Frame Synonyms

Reading Frame, Frame

Terms in Reading Frame category

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