Definition: 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).
Other names Reading Frame, Unidentified; Reading Frame, Unassigned; Reading Frame, Open; Protein Coding Regions; Open Reading Frame; Frames, Unidentified Reading; Frames, Unassigned Reading; Frames, Open Reading; Frame, Unidentified Reading; Frame, Unassigned Reading; Frame, Open Reading; Coding Regions, Protein; Coding Region, Protein; Unidentified Reading Frame; Unassigned Reading Frames; Unassigned Reading Frame; Protein Coding Region; ORFs; Unidentified Reading Frames; Regions, Protein Coding