linker

noun

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

verb

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).”

name

1. A surname.