"gapmer" meaning in English

See gapmer in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Forms: gapmers [plural]
Etymology: From gap + -mer. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|gap|mer}} gap + -mer Head templates: {{en-noun}} gapmer (plural gapmers)
  1. (biochemistry) A chimeric, antisense oligonucleotide that contains a central block of deoxynucleotide monomers sufficiently long to induce ribonuclease cleavage Categories (topical): Biochemistry

Inflected forms

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