Organic Chemical
oligonucleotide
ol·i·go·nu·cle·o·tide [ ol-i-goh-noo-klee-uh-tahyd, -nyoo- ]
Subclass of:
Polynucleotides
Definitions related to oligonucleotides:
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A DNA polymer made up of a small number of nucleotides.NCI ThesaurusU.S. National Cancer Institute, 2021
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Polymers made up of a small number of nucleotides.CRISP ThesaurusNational Institutes of Health, 2006
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Polymers made up of a few (2-20) nucleotides. In molecular genetics, they refer to a short sequence synthesized to match a region where a mutation is known to occur, and then used as a probe (OLIGONUCLEOTIDE PROBES). (Dorland, 28th ed)NLM Medical Subject HeadingsU.S. National Library of Medicine, 2021
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