Definition of Nucleoprotein

1. Noun. Any of several substances found in the nuclei of all living cells; consists of a protein bound to a nucleic acid.

Generic synonyms: Protein

Definition of Nucleoprotein

1. Noun. (biochemistry) Any complex of a nucleic acid and a protein ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Nucleoprotein

1. [n -S]

Medical Definition of Nucleoprotein

1. A complex of protein and nucleic acid, the form in which essentially all nucleic acids exist in nature; chromosomes and viruses are largely nucleoprotein. (05 Mar 2000)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Nucleoprotein

nucleophilically
nucleophilicities
nucleophilicity
nucleophosmin
nucleophosphatases
nucleophylic
nucleoplasm
nucleoplasmic
nucleoplasmic index
nucleoplasmin
nucleoplasms
nucleopolyhedrovirus
nucleopolyhedroviruses
nucleoporin
nucleoporins
nucleoprotein (current term)
nucleoproteins
nucleoreticulum
nucleorrhexis
nucleosidase
nucleosidases
nucleoside
nucleoside-diphosphate kinase
nucleoside-diphosphate sugars
nucleoside-diphosphosugar NAD+ 2-hexosyloxidoreductase
nucleoside-diphosphosugar pyrophosphatase
nucleoside-monophosphate
nucleoside-phosphate kinase
nucleoside-triphosphatase
nucleoside analogue

Literary usage of Nucleoprotein

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. An Intermediate Textbook of Physiological Chemistry with Experiments by Chauncey John Vallette Pettibone (1917)
"The nucleoprotein is precipitated and quickly settles to the bottom. ... Spread the washed nucleoprotein upon a carefully cleaned spot on a tile, ..."

2. Practical physiological chemistry by Philip Bovier Hawk (1918)
"Retain the precipitate on the filter for nucleoprotein tests. 2. Tests on nucleoprotein.—Try the following tests on the nucleoprotein prepared as above. ..."

3. Practical physiological chemistry: A Book Designed for Use in Courses in by Philip Bovier Hawk (1916)
"Retain the precipitate on the filter for nucleoprotein tests. 2. Tests on nucleoprotein.—Try the following tests on the nucleoprotein prepared as above. ..."

4. A Text-book of Physiological Chemistry by Olof Hammarsten, Sven Gustaf Hedin (1914)
"This protein, which contains only about 1 per cent phosphorus and which is possibly identical with the nucleoprotein found by LILIENFELD in the thymus, ..."

5. Practical organic and bio-chemistry by Robert Henry Aders Plimmer (1920)
"Pancreas a-nucleoprotein is an amorphous powder insoluble in water, ... £-nucleoprotein of the Pancreas. The minced glands are boiled with water and ..."

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