Phenomena and Processes

Open Reading Frames

A sequence of successive nucleotide triplets that are read as CODONS specifying AMINO ACIDS and begin with an INITIATOR CODON and end with a stop codon (CODON, TERMINATOR).

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Abstract

A sequence of successive nucleotide triplets that are read as CODONS specifying AMINO ACIDS and begin with an INITIATOR CODON and end with a stop codon (CODON, TERMINATOR).

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18 entry terms
  • ORFs
  • Protein Coding Region
  • Coding Region, Protein
  • ORF
  • Open Reading Frame
  • Protein Coding Regions
  • Reading Frame, Open
  • Region, Protein Coding
  • Small Open Reading Frame
  • Small Open Reading Frames
  • Unassigned Reading Frame
  • Unassigned Reading Frames
  • Unidentified Reading Frame
  • sORF
  • Frame, Unidentified Reading
  • Reading Frame, Unassigned
  • Reading Frame, Unidentified
  • Unidentified Reading Frames

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6 allowable subheadings

Indexed with the subheadings drug effects, ethics, genetics, immunology, physiology, radiation effects.

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History Note

1991; for UNIDENTIFIED READING FRAME and UNASSIGNED READING FRAMES use READING FRAMES 1991-2004

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Previous Indexing

  • Amino Acid Sequence (1981-1990)
  • Base Sequence (1977-1990)

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Open Reading Frames. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D016366. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D016366
  2. Open Reading Frames. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Open_reading_frame
  3. Open Reading Frames. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q908550