different between nucleotide vs oligonucleotide

English

Etymology

From nucleo- (“relating to the nucleus”) +? -ide (“chemical suffix”)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?n(j)u(?)kli??t?a?d/

Noun

nucleotide (plural nucleotides)

1. (biochemistry) The monomer constituting DNA or RNA biopolymer molecules. Each nucleotide consists of a nitrogenous heterocyclic base (or nucleobase), which can be either a double-ringed purine or a single-ringed pyrimidine; a five-carbon pentose sugar (deoxyribose in DNA or ribose in RNA); and a phosphate group.

Hyponyms

• adenosine triphosphate (ATP)
• adenylate
• guanylate
• cytidylate
• thymidylate
• uridylate

Meronyms

• nucleobase

Holonyms

• codon
• DNA
• RNA

Derived terms

Translations

See also

• nucleoside
• nucleobase
• DNA
• RNA

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /nu.kle.o?ti.de/
• Rhymes: -ide

Noun

nucleotide m (plural nucleotidi)

1. (biochemistry) nucleotide

Related terms

• nucleotidico
• ribonucleotide

English

Etymology

oligo- +? nucleotide

Noun

oligonucleotide (plural oligonucleotides)

1. a short sequence of nucleotides (RNA or DNA), typically with twenty or fewer base pairs

   Synonym: oligo

   Hyponym: oligodeoxyribonucleotide

Translations

Further reading

• oligonucleotide on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Italian

Etymology

From oligo- +? nucleotide.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??.li.?o.nu.kle.o?ti.de/
• Hyphenation: o?li?go?nu?cle?o?tì?de

Noun

oligonucleotide m (plural oligonucleotidi)

1. oligonucleotide

Further reading

• oligonucleotide in Dizionario Italiano Olivetti
• oligonucleotide in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana