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Entry 1 sense Webster, 1913

octanucleotide

/(ŏk`tŭ*nū"klē*ō̇*tīd)/ · oc·ta·nu·cle·o·tide · IPA
01 n. A molecule composed of eight nucleotide units bound to each other by phosphodiester bonds in a linear array; as, a partial digest of DNA or…
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    A molecule composed of eight nucleotide units bound to each other by phosphodiester bonds in a linear array; as, a partial digest of DNA or RNA may include octanucleotides. See octamer.(Chem.) See: octamer