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In molecular genetics, an open reading frame is the part of a reading frame that has the ability to be translated. An ORF is a continuous stretch of codons that may begin with a start codon and ends at a stop codon.

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Why are there six reading frames if only one strand of DNA is referred to as the ‘coding str...

As to the ORF, both definitions seem to be in use. …
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