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oligonucleotide definition

oligo·nu·cleo·tide (-no̵̅o̅′klē ō tīd′, -nyo̵̅o̅′-)

noun

a short piece of nucleic acid, usually with less than twenty nucleotides, used in genetic engineering and research

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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