Definition of "oligo" []

• An oligonucleotide. (noun)

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• "Dietz-Schmidt A, Zündorf I, Garin J, Dingermann T, et al. (1999) A Dictyostelium protein binds to distinct oligo (dA) •oligo (dT) DNA sequences in the C-module of the retrotransposable element DRE."
• "Eating these “oligo-elements” would help to detoxify the liver so one would not suffer from ‘mal au foie’ or even worse, the ‘crise de foie’."
• "She insisted that it was a real elixir and just what I needed in my diet — full of vitamins and minerals, and some “oligo-elements”."