Term Name: oligosaccharide biosynthetic process
Synonyms: oligosaccharide anabolism, oligosaccharide biosynthesis, oligosaccharide formation, oligosaccharide synthesis
Definition: The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the formation of oligosaccharides, molecules with between two and (about) 20 monosaccharide residues connected by glycosidic linkages.
Ontology: GO: Biological Process [GO:0009312]    QuickGO    AmiGO

Relationships
is a type of: carbohydrate biosynthetic process oligosaccharide metabolic process
has subtype: 6-alpha-maltosylglucose biosynthetic process disaccharide biosynthetic process lipopolysaccharide core region biosynthetic process raffinose family oligosaccharide biosynthetic process