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Oligonucleotides  

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  • mesh:Descriptor

Definition

  • 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)

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  • Oligonucleotide

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