CHROMATIN


Meaning of CHROMATIN in English

[chro.ma.tin] n (1882): a complex of nucleic acid and basic proteins (as histone) in eukaryotic cells that is usu. dispersed in the interphase nucleus and condensed into chromosomes in mitosis and meiosis--compare euchromatin, heterochromatin--see cell illustration -- chro.ma.tin.ic adj

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