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nucleosome

noun

Meaning

  1. Any of the subunits that repeat in chromatin; a coil of DNA surrounding a core of eight histones

Etymology / origin

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Related words

phasing(English)trinucleosome(English)tetranucleosome(English)mononucleosome(English)double helix(English)hexaloop(English)nucleate(English)dinucleotide(English)

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Sources

  1. DictionaryAPI.dev English dictionary data
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