roy@phri.UUCP (Roy Smith) (06/02/89)
I'm at a loss for a word. The generalization of first, second,
third, ... is nth. The generalization of primary, secondary, tertiary, ...
is n-ary. But, what is the generalization of mononucleotide, dinucleotide,
trinucleotide, tertranucleotide, ....? N-nucleotide doesn't sound right,
nor does nmer, which is more the generalizaion of monomer, dimer, trimer,
etc. Any suggestions?
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"The connector is the network"jbkramer@NET.BIO.NET (Jack Kramer) (06/02/89)
In article <3790@phri.UUCP> roy@phri.UUCP (Roy Smith) writes: > > I'm at a loss for a word. The generalization of first, second, >third, ... is nth. The generalization of primary, secondary, tertiary, ... >is n-ary. But, what is the generalization of mononucleotide, dinucleotide, >trinucleotide, tertranucleotide, ....? N-nucleotide doesn't sound right, >nor does nmer, which is more the generalizaion of monomer, dimer, trimer, >etc. Any suggestions? >-- >Roy Smith, Public Health Research Institute >455 First Avenue, New York, NY 10016 >{allegra,philabs,cmcl2,rutgers,hombre}!phri!roy -or- roy@alanine.phri.nyu.edu >"The connector is the network" I think most are used to "oligonucleotide" for any small fragment. Chemically I think good old polymer or polynucleotide is correct. I have also heard the term "multimer" used this way, but this could cause a lot of confusion since multimer normally means multiple- polymer. Jack Kramer
hjsdvm@ziebmef.uucp (Howard J. Scrimgeour) (06/08/89)
In article <3790@phri.UUCP> roy@phri.UUCP (Roy Smith) writes: > > I'm at a loss for a word. The generalization of first, second, >third, ... is nth. The generalization of primary, secondary, tertiary, ... >is n-ary. But, what is the generalization of mononucleotide, dinucleotide, >trinucleotide, tertranucleotide, ....? N-nucleotide doesn't sound right, >nor does nmer, which is more the generalizaion of monomer, dimer, trimer, >etc. Any suggestions? How about "polynucleotide"? The word for "n-mer" is definitely "polymer". +------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | Howard J. Scrimgeour, D.V.M. | | hjsdvm@ziebmef.uucp CIS:75126,2744 | | uunet!{utgpu!moore,attcan!telly}!ziebmef!hjsdvm | | "We also walk dogs..." | +------------------------------------------------------------------------+