Linker
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /ˈlɪŋkɚ/ · Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Linker is a noun meaning That which links.
Meaning
That which links.
More Meanings
- (grammar) A word or short expression that links clauses or other syntactic elements.
- (finance, informal) A linked bond, one for which the principal is indexed to inflation.
- (genetics) To ligate a DNA segment using a linker.
- (software compilation) A computer program that takes one or more objects generated by compilers and assembles them into a single executable program.
- (genetics) A short oligonucleotide containing a recognition sequence for a restriction enzyme, used to blunt the ends of sticky DNA segments.
Example Sentences
38. The plasmid pRK252 Km is cut with ecoRI, blunt-ended using Klenow, and linkered with BgIII linkers (New England Biolabs).
Word Forms
- linkers
- linkering
- linkered
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include linkage, conjunction, focal, liaison, cleavable, bonding.
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