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Poly T
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Definition
: A group of thymine nucleotides in which the phosphate residues of each thymine nucleotide act as bridges in forming diester linkages between the deoxyribose moieties.
Other names
Thymine Polynucleotides; Polythymidylic Acids; Poly dT; dT, Poly; Polynucleotides, Thymine; Acids, Polythymidylic; Polydeoxythymidylate
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poly-
2-
(2-
(thymin-
1-
yl)propanamido)propenoic acid
102772-04-3
*Poly T.
Biopolymers 1986;25(5):787
poly A-
T
27156-07-6
*Poly A
*Poly T.
IARC Sci Publ 11(pt 1):167;1975; J Biochem (Tokyo): 75(4):935;1974