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nucleosome
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nucleosome /nu·cleo·some/ (-sōm) any of the complexes of histone and DNA in eukaryotic cells, seen under the electron microscope as beadlike bodies on a string of DNA.
nu·cle·o·some (nkl--sm)
n.
Any of the repeating subunits of chromatin, consisting of a DNA chain coiled around a core of histones.

nucle·o·somal (-sml) adj.

nucleosome
[no̅o̅′klē·əsōm′]
Etymology: L, nucleus + Gk, soma, body
any one of the repeating DNA-histone complexes that appear as beadlike structures at distinct intervals along a chromosome.

nucleosome [noo´kle-o-sōm″]
any of the complexes of histone and DNA in eukaryotic cells, seen under the electron microscope as beadlike bodies on a string of DNA.

nucleosome
any of the complexes of histone and DNA in eukaryotic cells, seen under the electron microscope as beadlike bodies on a string of DNA.


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