CDS mean Sequence coding for amino acids in protein (includes stop codon)
For example,
Key Location/Qualifiers CDS 23..400 /product="alcohol dehydrogenase" /gene="adhI"
might be read as:
The feature CDS is a coding sequence beginning at base 23 and ending at base 400, has a product called 'alcohol dehydrogenase' and corresponds to the gene called 'adhI'.
A more complex
description:
Key Location/Qualifiers CDS join(544..589,688..1032) /product="T-cell receptor beta-chain" /partial
which might be read as:
This feature, which is a partial coding sequence is formed by joining the indicated elements to form one contigous sequence encoding a product called T-cell receptor beta-chain.