## Getorf

### Description

Find and extract open reading frames (ORFs)

This tool uses EMBOSS command getorf to find and output the sequences of open reading frames (ORFs) in one or more nucleotide sequences. An ORF may be defined as a region of a specified minimum size between two STOP codons, or between a START and a STOP codon. The ORFs can be output as the nucleotide sequence or as the protein translation. Optionally, the program will output the region around the START codon, the first STOP codon, or the final STOP codon of an ORF. The START and STOP codons are defined in a Genetic Code table; a suitable table can be selected for the organism you are investigating. The output is a sequence file containing predicted open reading frames longer than the minimum size, which defaults to 30 bases (i.e. 10 amino acids).

The input sequences can be in any of the EMBOSS compatible sequence formats.

For more details, please check the manual page of getorf command.

### Output

Output is a fasta formatted sequence file.