n. a computer program that takes one or more objects generated by compilers and assembles them into a single executable program.
n. A short oligonucleotide containing a recognition sequence for a restriction enzyme, used to blunt the ends of sticky DNA segments.
v. To ligate a DNA segment using a linker.
Word Usage
"The study from the UFS investigated how the binding of a specific protein, termed a linker histone, that binds to the length of DNA between nucleosomes, influenced the formation of the chromatin fiber and also the activity of genes."