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Oligonucleotide vs Polynucleotidase - What's the difference?

oligonucleotide | polynucleotidase |

As nouns the difference between oligonucleotide and polynucleotidase

is that oligonucleotide is a short sequence of nucleotides (rna or dna), typically with twenty or fewer base pairs while polynucleotidase is (enzyme) any of several enzymes which catalyze the hydrolysis of polynucleotides to form oligonucleotides and eventually simple nucleotides.

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") ----

    polynucleotidase

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (enzyme) Any of several enzymes which catalyze the hydrolysis of polynucleotides to form oligonucleotides and eventually simple nucleotides