AlterORF Database: a database of alternate open reading frames

The present invention concerns a connecting device comprising a connector having an inner sleeve and an outer cylindrical sleeve sliding axially in relation to the inner sleeve. The inner sleeve has on its outside a very wide V-shaped groove defining two ramps. The outer sleeve has a series of protuberances resting against the side walls of the groove and biased inwardly by a split ring. The protuberances may be integral with the split ring.