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Oligomer vs Mixmer - What's the difference?

oligomer | mixmer |

As nouns the difference between oligomer and mixmer

is that oligomer is (chemistry) a compound intermediate between a monomer and a polymer, normally having a specified number of units between about five and a hundred while mixmer is (genetics) an oligomer consisting of alternating short stretches of lna and dna.

oligomer

English

(wikipedia oligomer)

Noun

(en noun)
  • (chemistry) A compound intermediate between a monomer and a polymer, normally having a specified number of units between about five and a hundred.

    • Derived terms

    * oligomeric

    See also

    * monomer * dimer * trimer * tetramer * pentamer * hexamer * heptamer * octamer * nonamer * decamer * undecamer * dodecamer * tridecamer * tetradecamer * pentadecamer * hexadecamer * heptadecamer * octadecamer * nonadecamer * eicosamer

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    mixmer

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (genetics) An oligomer consisting of alternating short stretches of LNA and DNA