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ORF [4 records]

Record 1 2014-07-28

English

Subject field(s)
  • Land Forces
  • Air Forces
  • Naval Forces
OBS

operational reserve force; ORF: term and abbreviation standardized by NATO.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Forces terrestres
  • Forces aériennes
  • Forces navales
OBS

force de réserve opérationnelle; ORF : terme et abréviation normalisés par l'OTAN.

Spanish

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Record 2 2012-08-08

English

Subject field(s)
  • Genetics
DEF

Describes a series of triplets coding for amino acids without any termination codons; the sequence is (potentially) translatable into protein.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Génétique
DEF

Cadre de lecture identifiable dans une séquence d'ADN par son codon d'initiation et potentiellement traductible en une chaîne polypeptidique.

OBS

[ORF :] Abréviation souvent utilisée dans les ouvrages français.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Genética
DEF

Secuencia de nucleótidos en una molécula de ADN que tiene el potencial de codificar un péptido o una proteína.

OBS

Incluye un triplete de iniciación (ATG), una serie de tripletes (cada uno codificando un aminoácido) y un codón de terminación (TAA, TAG o TGA). El término se aplica generalmente a secuencias de fragmentos de ADN cuya función todavía no ha sido determinada. El número de ORF es indicativo del número de genes que se transcriben a partir de la secuencia de ADN. [En donde A=adenina, G=guanina, T=timina]

OBS

ORF por sus siglas en inglés.

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Record 3 2003-07-10

English

Subject field(s)
  • Veterinary Medicine
DEF

A disease of sheep and goats

OBS

caused by a dermotropic ungulate poxvirus in the genus Paravaccinia. ... The characteristic lesions occur mostly on the lips and the skin around the mouth, but have appeared wherever skin contact has been made with a source of infective virus, e.g. ear tagging, tail docking.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Médecine vétérinaire
DEF

Maladie du mouton et de la chèvre

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Medicina veterinaria
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Record 4 1988-06-02

English

Subject field(s)
  • Metallurgy - General
  • Mining Operations
OBS

Subject-test CANMET-METALLURGY

French

Domaine(s)
  • Métallurgie générale
  • Exploitation minière

Spanish

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