CHROMATIN


Meaning of CHROMATIN in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈkrō-mə-tən ]

noun

Date: 1882

: a complex of nucleic acid and basic proteins (as histone) in eukaryotic cells that is usually dispersed in the interphase nucleus and condensed into chromosomes in mitosis and meiosis — see cell illustration; compare euchromatin , heterochromatin

• chro·ma·tin·ic ˌkrō-mə-ˈti-nik adjective

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