Definition of "oligonucleotide" []

• A short polymer of two to twenty nucleotides. (noun)

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• "Figure 4B, lane 2) is evident from competition with specific homologous (lane 3) and consensus (lane 5) unlabelled oligonucleotide but not when non-specific oligonucleotide (lane 4) was used in competition assays."
• "Standard cytogenetic analysis including preparation of karyotypes, metaphase and interphase based fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH), high resolution single nucleotide polymorphism oligonucleotide based array (SNP array) analysis and mutation analysis of the INI1/SMARCB1 gene are available."
• "Thimmulappa RK, Mai KH, Srisuma S et al. "Identification of Nrf2-regulated genes induced by the chemopreventive agent sulforaphane by oligonucleotide microarray.""