Introduction
StarORF is a six frame translator software that allows users to identify the sequences within a DNA region that encode proteins. DNA can be read in six possible reading frames, 3 in the forward direction and 3 in the reverse direction. Each frame will result in different open reading frames (ORF), segments of DNA containing a start and stop codon that can translate into possible proteins. However, the reading frame containing the longest ORF is most often the only one used when a cell transcribes a DNA segment or gene.
