Oligonucleotides

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)

Year introduced: 1974(1972)

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Tree Number(s): D13.695.578.424

MeSH Unique ID: D009841

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• Oligonucleotide

All MeSH Categories
Chemicals and Drugs Category
Nucleic Acids, Nucleotides, and Nucleosides
Nucleotides
Polynucleotides
Oligonucleotides
Antagomirs
Aptamers, Nucleotide
Morpholinos
Oligodeoxyribonucleotides
DNA Primers
Oligonucleotides, Antisense
Oligodeoxyribonucleotides, Antisense
Oligoribonucleotides, Antisense
Oligoribonucleotides
Peptide Nucleic Acids
Phosphorothioate Oligonucleotides
Pyrimidine Dimers