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Replicon vs Orf - What's the difference?

replicon | orf |

As nouns the difference between replicon and orf

is that replicon is replicon while orf is (obsolete) cattle or orf can be (label) an exanthemous disease caused by a parapox virus, occurring primarily in sheep and goats but also capable of infecting humans or orf can be (the fish).

replicon

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • (genetics) A DNA molecule or a region of DNA that replicates as an individual unit. A replicon may be, for instance, a chromosome, a plasmid or a phage.

    • orf

    English

    Initialism

    (Initialism) (head)
  • (genetics) open reading frame

    • See also

    * NURF

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