Definition of Oligonucleotide
1. [n -S]
Medical Definition of Oligonucleotide
1.
Linear sequence of up to 20 nucleotides joined by phosphodiester bonds. Above this length the term polynucleotide begins to be used.
This entry appears with permission from the Dictionary of Cell and Molecular Biology
(11 Mar 2008)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Oligonucleotide
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