Definition of Nucleosome

1. Noun. (genetics) Any of the subunits that repeat in chromatin; a coil of DNA surrounding a histone core ¹

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Definition of Nucleosome

1. [n -S]

Medical Definition of Nucleosome

1. Repeating units of organisation of chromatin fibres in chromosomes, consisting of around 200 base pairs and two molecules each of the histones H2A, H2B, H3 and H4. most of the DNA (around 140 base pairs) is believed to be wound around a core formed by the histones, the remainder joins adjacent nucleosomes, thus forming a structure reminiscent of a string of beads. Origin: Gr. Soma = body This entry appears with permission from the Dictionary of Cell and Molecular Biology (11 Mar 2008)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Nucleosome

nucleoside deaminases
nucleoside diphosphate
nucleoside phosphorylase
nucleoside phosphorylases
nucleoside q
nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitor
nucleoside triphosphate
nucleoside triphosphate-adenylate kinase
nucleosides
nucleoskeletal
nucleoskeletal DNA
nucleoskeleton
nucleoskeletons
nucleosol
nucleosomal
nucleosome (current term)
nucleosomes
nucleospindle
nucleosyntheses
nucleosynthesis
nucleosynthetic
nucleotidase
nucleotidases
nucleotide
nucleotide binding fold
nucleotide deaminases
nucleotide deletion
nucleotide mapping
nucleotide pair
nucleotide phosphotransferase

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