The first step in annotating a gene is identifying the open reading frame. In bacteria, all genes that code for a protein have a

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The first step in annotating a gene is identifying the open reading frame. In bacteria, all genes that code for a protein have a

start and stop codon with an open reading frame between them. A bioinformatics program can translate all the possible reading frames (series of 3 codons) in an attempt to find the longest open reading frame.
How many possible open reading frames can a bioinformatics program translate from one DNA sequence? Enter your answer numerically (for example: 2).

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kirza4 [7] · Answer 1 · 2022-04-28T23:31:29+03:00

kirza4 [7]2 years ago

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Answer: 6

Explanation:

A DNA strand has 3 distinct frame, thus for both strands, it will require 6 strands.