Oligonucleotides

**Definition:** 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)

**Tree numbers:** - D13.695.578.424

**Synonyms:** - Oligonucleotide