What Is an Open-Reading Frame

question 6

Multiple Choice

What is an open-reading frame?

• A)A non-translated region on the chromosome.
• B)an unknown gene.
• C)A gene that no longer has a function.
• D)The protein encoding sequence of a gene.
• E)The intron region of a gene.

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Definitions:

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