A guide to oligonucleotide chemistry
What oligonucleotides are, how DNA and RNA are built from nucleotides, and why the phosphodiester backbone matters for the medicines being designed on Discovery AI.
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Paste a DNA or RNA sequence and instantly see length, GC content, melting temperature, molecular weight, extinction coefficient and OD conversions.
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Work out how much buffer to add to a lyophilised oligo to reach the stock concentration you want, in micromolar or nanograms per microlitre.
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