Mesh term Oligonucleotides
Browse to parent terms:Polynucleotides
Description
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)Browse to child terms:
Antagomirs
Aptamers, Nucleotide
Morpholinos
Oligodeoxyribonucleotides
Oligonucleotides, Antisense
Oligoribonucleotides
Peptide Nucleic Acids
Phosphorothioate Oligonucleotides
Pyrimidine Dimers
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