Chemicals and Drugs

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)

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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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Indexed with the subheadings administration & dosage, adverse effects, agonists, analysis, antagonists & inhibitors, biosynthesis, blood, cerebrospinal fluid, chemical synthesis, chemistry, classification, economics, genetics, history, immunology, isolation & purification, metabolism, pharmacokinetics, pharmacology, poisoning, radiation effects, standards, supply & distribution, therapeutic use, toxicity, urine.

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2-12 nucleotides

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  1. D13.695w.578w.424w

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Oligonucleotides. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D009841. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D009841
  2. Oligonucleotides. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oligonucleotide
  3. Oligonucleotides. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q133686