NUCLEOSOME


Meaning of NUCLEOSOME in English

/nooh"klee euh sohm', nyooh"-/ , n. Cell Biol.

any of the repeating subunits of chromatin occurring at intervals along a strand of DNA, consisting of DNA coiled around histone.

[ 1960-65; NUCLEO- + -SOME 3 ]

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