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Oligonucleotide vs Dideoxynucleotide - What's the difference?

oligonucleotide | dideoxynucleotide |

As nouns the difference between oligonucleotide and dideoxynucleotide

is that oligonucleotide is a short sequence of nucleotides (rna or dna), typically with twenty or fewer base pairs while dideoxynucleotide is (biochemistry) any nucleotide formed from a deoxynucleotide by loss of a second hydroxy group from the deoxyribose group.

oligonucleotide

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • A short sequence of nucleotides (RNA or DNA), typically with twenty or fewer base pairs.

    • Hyponyms

    *oligodeoxyribonucleotide

    Synonyms

    * oligo

    External links

    * (wikipedia "oligonucleotide") ----

    dideoxynucleotide

    English

    Noun

    (wikipedia dideoxynucleotide) (en noun)
  • (biochemistry) Any nucleotide formed from a deoxynucleotide by loss of a second hydroxy group from the deoxyribose group
  • (biochemistry) Any oligonucleotide consisting of two deoxynucleotides

    • Derived terms

    * ddNTP