primer (RELEASE_2.4) |
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| SO Accession: | SO:0000112 (SOWiki) |
| Definition: | A short preexisting polynucleotide chain to which new deoxyribonucleotides can be added by DNA polymerase. |
| Synonyms: | DNA primer, primer oligonucleotide, primer polynucleotide, primer sequence |
| DB Xrefs: | URL: http://www.ornl.gov/TechResources/Human_Genome/publicat/primer2001/glossary.html |
| Parent: | ss_oligo (SO:0000441) |
| Children: | forward_primer (SO:0000121) |
| reverse_primer (SO:0000132) | |
| sequencing_primer (SO:0000107) | |
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