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Reading frames

reading frames

The sequence of codons by which translation may occur. A segment of mRNA 5'auccga3' could be translated in three reading frames, 5'auc.. Or 5'ucc.. Or 5'ccg.., depending on the location of the start codon.


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need help

... Also, you may want to know that every DNA fragment has 6 possible reading frames, and only one of the reading frame encodes for a protein. This MAY be what the patent ...

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by farful
Mon Jul 27, 2009 5:55 pm
 
Forum: Bioinformatics
Topic: need help
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Views: 185

PFTOOLs Question

... I could use the 6ft program to translate my dna sequences into all six reading frames, but that would increase my profile dataset from 400mb to 1600mb. Building PROSITE profiles ...

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by Hel
Mon Jun 02, 2008 1:43 pm
 
Forum: Bioinformatics
Topic: PFTOOLs Question
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Views: 1041

Re: ORF vs. CDS

... you scan a sequence of DNA for potential genes, the software looks for reading frames that could code for peptides of at least some minimal cut-off length, say 20-50 residues. ...

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by blcr11
Tue Feb 12, 2008 10:12 am
 
Forum: Molecular Biology
Topic: ORF vs. CDS
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Views: 2878

Nucleotides

... introns have been removed leaving a sequence or sequences called open reading frames these refer to the portion of the mRNA that contains a complete protein. In the mRNA ...

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by canan5000
Tue Dec 04, 2007 11:54 pm
 
Forum: Molecular Biology
Topic: Nucleotides
Replies: 2
Views: 439

Some MCQs

... which of the following describes a situation where we cannot use open reading frames to locate genes in a genome? when there are multiple initiation condons (ATG) in the ...

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by biology_06er
Tue Nov 13, 2007 5:44 am
 
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Some MCQs
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