linker

Etymology

link + -er

noun

  1. That which links.
    Coordinate term: linkee
  2. (software compilation) A computer program that takes one or more objects generated by compilers and assembles them into a single executable program.
  3. (genetics) A short oligonucleotide containing a recognition sequence for a restriction enzyme, used to blunt the ends of sticky DNA segments.
  4. (grammar) A word or short expression that links clauses or other syntactic elements.
  5. (finance, informal) A linked bond, one for which the principal is indexed to inflation.

verb

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

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