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reading frame
noun
Definition of READING FRAME
: a sequence of nucleotide triplets that is potentially translatable into a polypeptide and that is determined by the placement of a codon that initiates translation
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First Known Use of READING FRAME
1965
Medical Dictionary
reading frame
noun read·ing frame \ˈrēd-iŋ-\
Medical Definition of READING FRAME
: any of the three possible ways of reading a sequence of nucleotides as a series of triplets—see open reading frame
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