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Bioinformatics question

kelxx · 2011-04-27 23:21:04

Hi, Can anybody explain a 'frame of translation'??? And why is there 6 frames of translation for any given nucleotide sequence?? Thanks! :)

27-04-2011 11:21pm

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kelxx

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Hi,
Can anybody explain a 'frame of translation'??? And why is there 6 frames of translation for any given nucleotide sequence??

Thanks!

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#2 28-04-2011 12:07am

darjeeling

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kelxx wrote: »

Hi,
Can anybody explain a 'frame of translation'??? And why is there 6 frames of translation for any given nucleotide sequence??

Thanks!

They're generally called 'reading frames' - this term will give you a lot more web hits. This webpage shows what they are and why there are six of them for each nucleotide sequence.

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#3 06-05-2011 7:53pm

Lady Thor

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You might find this site useful, we used it for bioinformatics in college http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/gorf/gorf.html

Good Luck

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