Definitions

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  • noun biochemistry An oligonucleotide.

Etymologies

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Shortened form of oligonucleotide.

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Examples

  • Dietz-Schmidt A, Zündorf I, Garin J, Dingermann T, et al. (1999) A Dictyostelium protein binds to distinct oligo (dA) •oligo (dT) DNA sequences in the C-module of the retrotransposable element DRE.

    PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles 2009

  • Eating these “oligo-elements” would help to detoxify the liver so one would not suffer from ‘mal au foie’ or even worse, the ‘crise de foie’.

    French Word-A-Day: 2009

  • She insisted that it was a real elixir and just what I needed in my diet — full of vitamins and minerals, and some “oligo-elements”.

    poireau - French Word-A-Day 2009

  • Eating these “oligo-elements” would help to detoxify the liver so one would not suffer from ‘mal au foie’ or even worse, the ‘crise de foie’.

    poireau - French Word-A-Day 2009

  • She insisted that it was a real elixir and just what I needed in my diet — full of vitamins and minerals, and some “oligo-elements”.

    French Word-A-Day: 2009

  • She insisted that it was a real elixir and just what I needed in my diet — full of vitamins and minerals, and some “oligo-elements”.

    French Word-A-Day: 2009

  • Eating these “oligo-elements” would help to detoxify the liver so one would not suffer from ‘mal au foie’ or even worse, the ‘crise de foie’.

    French Word-A-Day: 2009

  • Interactive correlation with oligo-molecules rather than short sequences implies that these relationships were established during RNA World, then evolved from there.

    Chunkdz Comes Out Smokin 2008

  • Although it is oligo/mesotrophic, it appears to have a high nutrient status because of the abundant growth of attached algae along the shorelines.

    Lake Erie, Ontario 2009

  • The notion that we do not have the right to break up anti-competitive and oligo-polistic businesses flies in the face of antitrust laws and ignores the valuable lessons in growth demonstrated by Teddy Roosevelt's trust-busting.

    Joshua Rosner: Congress and TBTF: Bring in the Bomb Squad 2009

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