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In molecular genetics, an open reading frame is the part of a reading frame that has the potential to code for a protein or peptide. An ORF is a continuous stretch of DNA beginning with a start codon, usually methionine (ATG), and ending with a stop codon (TAA, TAG or TGA in most genomes).
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