Question

To determine if you have identified a functional open reading frame (orf), you should have found __________ within the sequence. view available hint(s) to determine if you have identified a functional open reading frame (orf), you should have found __________ within the sequence. a ribosomal binding site (rbs) < 300 nucleotides a start codon and a ribosomal binding site (rbs) a start codon

Answer 1

The answer is a start codon. An open reading frame is a region of DNA with a span of nucleotides beginning with a start codon (usually ATG) and ends with a stop codon (usually, TGA, TAG, TAA). An open reading frame when translated, codes for a full functional protein hence can be used to predict genes.