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One more question about reading frames #14

Closed tjp36 closed 8 years ago

tjp36 commented 8 years ago

I think I know the answer to this question, but I just want to make sure.

Say I have an amino acid sequence that is MIKSMST*.

There would be two reading frames here correct? One would be MIKSMST, while the other would be MST.

Is this right?

tabinks commented 8 years ago

Yes. That is correct. A sequence may have multiple coding regions as long as they meet the criteria: