linker

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to link + -er

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Singular
linker

Plural
linkers

linker (plural linkers)

  1. (computer science) a computer program that takes one or more objects generated by compilers and assembles them into a single executable program.
  2. (genetics) A short oligonucleotide containing a recognition sequence for a restriction enzyme, used to blunt the ends of sticky DNA segments.

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Infinitive
to linker

Third person singular
linkers

Simple past
linkered

Past participle
linkered

Present participle
linkering

to linker (third-person singular simple present linkers, present participle linkering, simple past and past participle linkered)

  1. (genetics) To ligate a DNA segment using a linker.
    • 1994, Ray Shillito et al., "Zea mays plants regenerated from protoplasts or protoplast-derived cells", US Patent 5770450, page 52:
      38. The plasmid pRK252 Km is cut with ecoRI, blunt-ended using Klenow, and linkered with BgIII linkers (New England Biolabs).

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linker (inflected linkere)

  1. "Left." Comparative form of link.
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