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Oligonucleotides MeSH Descriptor Data 2025


MeSH Heading
Oligonucleotides
Tree Number(s)
D13.695.578.424
Unique ID
D009841
RDF Unique Identifier
http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D009841
Annotation
2-12 nucleotides
Scope Note
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)
Entry Term(s)
Oligonucleotide
NLM Classification #
QU 57
Public MeSH Note
74
History Note
74(72)
Date Established
1974/01/01
Date of Entry
1999/01/01
Revision Date
2020/05/27
Oligonucleotides Preferred
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