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linkering

linkering is the present participle and gerund of linker.

Meaning of linker

Verb

linker (third-person singular simple present linkers, present participle linkering, simple past and past participle linkered)

  1. 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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Questions about linkering

What is linkering the present participle and gerund of?
Linkering is the present participle and gerund of linker.

Words near linkering in the dictionary

  1. linkedness
  2. linkee
  3. linkees
  4. linker
  5. linkered
  6. linkering
  7. linkers
  8. linkest
  9. linketh
  10. linkfarm
  11. linkfarms

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Adapted from Wiktionary: linkering (page history and authors); linker (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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