What is an open reading frame?

a. the protein coding sequence in a genome and the associated regulatory sequences
b. the nucleotides between and including a start codon and an end codon in all chromosomes
c. the nucleotides between and including a start codon and an end codon, minus the introns
d. the nucleotides between and including a start codon and an end codon, minus the exons
e. the nucleotides between a start codon and end codon in prokaryotes


B

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