The first step in annotating a gene is identifying the open

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) This question will be shown after you complete previous question(s).

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There are six (6) possible open reading frames can be translated from one given DNA sequence in the bioinformatics program. It is mainly because the open reading frame can represented the frame as in +1, +2 and +3 manner respectively.