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Oligonucleotide vs Oligodeoxynucleotide - What's the difference?

oligonucleotide | oligodeoxynucleotide |

As nouns the difference between oligonucleotide and oligodeoxynucleotide

is that oligonucleotide is a short sequence of nucleotides (RNA or DNA), typically with twenty or fewer base pairs while oligodeoxynucleotide is any oligonucleotide whose nucleotides contain deoxyribose.

oligonucleotide

English

Noun

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

    *oligodeoxyribonucleotide

    Synonyms

    * oligo

    oligodeoxynucleotide

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • Any oligonucleotide whose nucleotides contain deoxyribose
  • Anagrams

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