OLIGONUCLEOTIDE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does oligonucleotide mean? 

• OLIGONUCLEOTIDE (noun)
  The noun OLIGONUCLEOTIDE has 1 sense:

1. (biochemistry) a polynucleotide whose molecules contain relatively few nucleotides

  Familiarity information: OLIGONUCLEOTIDE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• OLIGONUCLEOTIDE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

(biochemistry) a polynucleotide whose molecules contain relatively few nucleotides

Classified under:

Nouns denoting substances

Synonyms:

oligo; oligonucleotide

Hypernyms ("oligonucleotide" is a kind of...):

base; nucleotide (a phosphoric ester of a nucleoside; the basic structural unit of nucleic acids (DNA or RNA))

Domain category:

biochemistry (the organic chemistry of compounds and processes occurring in organisms; the effort to understand biology within the context of chemistry)

 Context examples 

MIR222 pre-miRNA is an oligonucleotide that is encoded by the human MIR222 gene and has a role in the the regulation of gene expression.

(MIR222 Pre-miRNA, NCI Thesaurus)

MIR20A pre-miRNA is an oligonucleotide that is encoded by the human MIR20A gene and has a role in the the regulation of gene expression.

(MIR20A Pre-miRNA, NCI Thesaurus)

MIR223 pre-miRNA is an oligonucleotide that is encoded by the human MIR223 gene and has a role in the the regulation of gene expression.

(MIR223 Pre-miRNA, NCI Thesaurus)

MIR224 pre-miRNA is an oligonucleotide that is encoded by the human MIR224 gene and has a role in the the regulation of gene expression.

(MIR224 Pre-miRNA, NCI Thesaurus)

MIR29B1 pre-miRNA is an oligonucleotide that is encoded by the human MIR29B1 gene and has a role in the the regulation of gene expression.

(MIR29B1 Pre-miRNA, NCI Thesaurus)

MIR29A pre-miRNA is an oligonucleotide that is encoded by the human MIR29A gene and has a role in the the regulation of gene expression.

(MIR29A Pre-miRNA, NCI Thesaurus)

MIR19A pre-miRNA is an oligonucleotide that is encoded by the human MIR19A gene and has a role in the the regulation of gene expression.

(MIR19A Pre-miRNA, NCI Thesaurus)

MIR18A pre-miRNA is an oligonucleotide that is encoded by the human MIR18A gene and has a role in the the regulation of gene expression.

(MIR18A Pre-miRNA, NCI Thesaurus)

MIR1-1 pre-miRNA is an oligonucleotide that is encoded by the human MIR1-1 gene and has a role in the the regulation of gene expression.

(MIR1-1 Pre-miRNA, NCI Thesaurus)

Antisense oligonucleotides that target EWS-FLI 1 type 1 have been used investigationally to treat this genetic anomaly, resulting in cell cycle arrest at G1 phase.

(EWS/FLI 1 Type 1, NCI Thesaurus)