In molecular biology, a reading frame is a specific choice out of the possible ways to read the sequence of nucleotides in a nucleic acid (DNA or RNA) molecule as a sequence of triplets. Where these triplets equate to amino acids or stop signals during translation, they are called codons.
In molecular biology, a reading frame is a specific choice out of the possible ways to read the sequence of nucleotides in a nucleic acid (DNA or RNA) molecule as a sequence of triplets. Where these triplets equate to amino acids or stop signals during translation, they are called codons.
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