Adaptor vs Linker - What's the difference?
adaptor | linker |
That which links.
(computer science) a computer program that takes one or more objects generated by compilers and assembles them into a single executable program.
(genetics) A short oligonucleotide containing a recognition sequence for a restriction enzyme, used to blunt the ends of sticky DNA segments.
(grammar) A word that serves to link other elements.
(finance, informal) A linked bond, one for which the principal is indexed to inflation.
(genetics) To ligate a DNA segment using a .
* 1994 , Ray Shillito et al., "Zea mays plants regenerated from protoplasts or protoplast-derived cells", US Patent 5770450, page 52:
As nouns the difference between adaptor and linker
is that adaptor is alternative form of lang=en while linker is that which links.As a verb linker is
to ligate a DNA segment using a linker.adaptor
English
(wikipedia adaptor)Derived terms
* AC-adaptor * double-adaptor * power adaptorExternal links
* (commonslite) ----linker
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Noun
(wikipedia linker) (en noun)Synonyms
* link editorDerived terms
* linker DNAVerb
(en verb)- 38. The plasmid pRK252 Km is cut with ecoRI, blunt-ended using Klenow, and linkered with BgIII linkers (New England Biolabs).