oligoendopeptidase
An endopeptidase that splits oligopeptides

oligoendopeptidases
plural of oligoendopeptidase

oligoether
Any oligomer consisting of ether residues

oligoethers
plural of oligoether

oligoethylene
Several ethylene groups in a molecule (typically in a row, but separated from each other by an atom such as oxygen)

oligofectamin
Alternative form of oligofectamine.

oligofectamine
A proprietary reagent used in the transfection of oligonucleotides

oligogalactofuranoside
Any oligomeric galactofuranoside

oligogalactofuranosides
plural of oligogalactofuranoside

oligogalactoside
An oligoglycoside of galactose

oligogalactosides
plural of oligogalactoside

oligogalactosyl
Several galactosyl groups in a molecule

oligogalacturonate
An oligomer of galacturonate

oligogalacturonates
plural of oligogalacturonate

oligogenesis
The creation of biochemical oligomers

oligoglucan
An oligomer of glucose

oligoglucans
plural of oligoglucan

oligoglutamate
An oligomer derived from glutamic acid

oligoglutamates
plural of oligoglutamate

oligoglutamine
An oligomer of glutamine that is implicated in Huntington's disease

oligoglycine
An oligopeptide composed of glycine residues

oligoglycines
plural of oligoglycine

oligoguanidine
Any oligomer or guanidine or its derivatives

oligoguanidines
plural of oligoguanidine

oligoguanine
Any oligomer of guanine (as part of a nucleic acid)

oligoguanines
plural of oligoguanine

oligoguluronate
An oligomer of guluronates

oligoguluronates
plural of oligoguluronate

oligohexamer
An oligomer composed of hexamers

oligohexamers
plural of oligohexamer

oligohydramnion
Alternative form of oligohydramnios.

oligohydramnios
A deficit of amniotic fluid in the amniotic sac, causing distinctive deformations of the foetus

oligolactone
An oligomeric lactone

oligolactones
plural of oligolactone

oligolignan
Any oligomer composed of lignan monomers

oligolignans
plural of oligolignan

oligolysine
An oligomer of lysine

oligolysines
plural of oligolysine

oligomannose
A glycan that is an oligomer composed of mannose units

oligomannoses
plural of oligomannose

oligomannoside
An oligomer containing mannoside moieties

oligomannosides
plural of oligomannoside

oligomannosyl
Several mannosyl groups in a molecule

oligomannosyls
plural of oligomannosyl

oligomannuronate
An oligomer composed of mannuronate monomers

oligomannuronates
plural of oligomannuronate

oligomer
A compound intermediate between a monomer and a polymer, normally having a specified number of units between about five and a hundred.

oligomers
plural of oligomer

oligonucleotide
A short sequence of nucleotides (RNA or DNA), typically with twenty or fewer base pairs.

oligonucleotides
plural of oligonucleotide

oligoparaphenylene
An oligomer composed of para-phenylene moieties

oligoparaphenylenes
plural of oligoparaphenylene

oligophenyl
Any of a family of linear aromatic hydrocarbons having a structure of several benzene rings joined by single bonds

oligophenylene
Any oligomer containing phenylene residues

oligophenylenes
plural of oligophenylene

oligophenylenevinylene
An oligomer of phenylenevinylene

oligophenylenevinylenes
plural of oligophenylenevinylene

oligophenyls
plural of oligophenyl

oligophrenin
Any of a family of proteins that modulate cytoskeletal changes

oligophrenins
plural of oligophrenin

oligopithecine
Oligopithecid.

oligopolymer
A polymer which occurs naturally in crude oil, or in one of its basic refractory components, usually a mixture of 2 or more polymers.

oligopolymers
plural of oligopolymer

oligopyrrole
Any of a group of compounds based on a short string of pyrrole rings joined together

oligopyrroles
plural of oligopyrrole

oligoribonucleotide
An oligonucleotide made up of ribonucleotides

oligoribonucleotides
plural of oligoribonucleotide

oligos
plural of oligo

oligosaccharidosis
Any of several diseases characterised by increased levels of oligosaccharides in the urine

oligosarcosine
An oligomer of sarcosine

oligosome
A nucleosome oligomer

oligosomes
plural of oligosome

oligosorbent
A material that will absorb a few different substances

oligosorbents
plural of oligosorbent

oligospiroketal
An oligomer composed of spiroketal monomers.

oligospiroketals
plural of oligospiroketal

oligostilbenoid
An oligomeric form of stilbenoid.

oligostilbenoids
plural of oligostilbenoid

oligotherapy
The supposed therapeutic use of trace elements.

oligothiophene
Any of a family of oligomers of thiophenes that have useful optical or electronic properties

oligothiophenes
plural of oligothiophene

oligothymidine
An oligomer of thymidine

oligothymidines
plural of oligothymidine

oligotrimer
A trimer (considered as an oligomer)

oligotrimers
plural of oligotrimer

oligouridine
An oligomer composed of uridine monomers

oligouridines
plural of oligouridine

oligouridylate
Several uridylate groups in a molecule

oligouridylates
plural of oligouridylate

oligouridylation
The addition of several uridine nucleotides to RNA

oligouridylations
plural of oligouridylation

oliogonucleotide
Misspelling of oligonucleotide.

olistostrome
A sedimentary deposit composed of a chaotic mass of heterogeneous material, such as blocks and mud, known as olistoliths, that accumulates as a semifluid body by submarine gravity sliding or slumping of the unconsolidated sediments.

olistostromes
plural of olistostrome

olivetol
5-pentylresorcinol or 5-pentyl-1,3-benzenediol, an organic compound found in certain lichens. It is also a precursor in various syntheses of tetrahydrocannabinol.

olomoucine
An inhibitor of cyclin-dependent kinase, derived from purine, used in oncology

oltipraz
4-methyl-5-(2-pyrazinyl)-3-dithiolethione, a schistosomicide drug also used in tumour prevention.

olympiadane
A mechanically interlocked molecule composed of five interlocking macrocycles, resembling the Olympic Rings.

olympiadanes
plural of olympiadane

omacetaxine
A protein translation inhibitor drug for the management of treatment-resistant chronic myeloid leukemia and under investigation for some other hematologic cancers.

omander
The wood of Diospyros ebenum (syn. Diospyros ebenaster), a kind of ebony found in Ceylon.

omentin
Any of a family of secretory proteins expressed predominantly in visceral adipose tissue.

omentins
plural of omentin

omics
Any of several biological subfields that aim to identify or characterize the totality of a certain type of biological entity, e.g. genomics (for genes) or proteomics (for proteins).

ommatea
plural of ommateum

ommateum
A compound eye, found on, for example, insects and crustaceans.

ommatidi
Alternative form of ommatidia.

ommatidia
plural of ommatidium

ommatidium
One of the conical substructures which make up the eyes of invertebrates with compound eyes.

ommochrome
Any of several visual pigments, occurring in the eyes of crustaceans and insects, that are responsible for the eye's colour

ommochromes
plural of ommochrome

omosterna
plural of omosternum

omosternum
The anterior element of the sternum which projects forward from between the clavicles in many frogs or toads and is usually tipped with cartilage.
In many mammals, an interarticular cartilage, or bone, between the sternum and the clavicle.

oncocalyxone
Any of a group of analgesic anthraquinones present in Auxemma oncocalyx

oncocalyxones
plural of oncocalyxone

oncodomain
A protein domain responsible for a cancer

oncodomains
plural of oncodomain

oncohistone
A mutated oncogenic histone

oncohistones
plural of oncohistone

oncolysate
Any material that causes oncolysis

oncolysates
plural of oncolysate

oncomodulin
A calcium-binding parvalbumin found in macrophages

onconase
An antitumor ribonuclease proposed for use in chemotherapy

oncoprotein
A protein that is coded for by an oncogene.

oncoproteins
plural of oncoprotein

oncoproteome
A proteome of oncoproteins.

oncoproteomes
plural of oncoproteome

oncoproteomics
The proteomics of oncoproteomes.