OLIGONUCLEOTIDE

oligonucleotide, oligo

(noun) (biochemistry) a polynucleotide whose molecules contain relatively few nucleotides

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

oligonucleotide (plural oligonucleotides)

a short sequence of nucleotides (RNA or DNA), typically with twenty or fewer base pairs

Synonym: oligo

Hyponym: oligodeoxyribonucleotide

Source: Wiktionary



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