Oligonucleotides

{
  "id": "MLC-T-ENV-019513",
  "term": "Oligonucleotides",
  "field": "Environment",
  "definition": "1. A short segment of single stranded nucleic acid or a short sequence of nucleotides (e.g., PCR primers and real-time probes).\n\n2. Polymers made up of a few (2-20) nucleotides. In molecular genetics, they refer to a short sequence synthesized to match a region where a mutation is known to occur, and then used as a probe ( oligonucleotide probes). (Dorland, 28th ed)",
  "abbreviation": "ON",
  "references": [
    "EPA Quality Assurance/Quality Control Guidance for Laboratories Performing PCR Analyses on Environmental Samples Glossary at http://www.epa.gov/nerlcwww/qa_qc_pcr10_04.pdf",
    "NLM Medical Subject Headings (MeSH)"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/environment/oligonucleotides/"
}