nucleoprotein

nucleoprotein

 [noo″kle-o-pro´tēn]

any of a class of conjugated proteins, consisting of nucleic acids and simple proteins (e.g., a histone).

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nu·cle·o·pro·tein

(nū'klē-ō-prō'tēn),

A complex of protein and nucleic acid, the form in which essentially all nucleic acids exist in nature; chromosomes and viruses are largely nucleoprotein.

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nucleoprotein

(no͞o′klē-ō-prō′tēn′, -prō′tē-ĭn, nyo͞o′-)

n.

Any of a group of complexes composed of protein and nucleic acid and found in the nuclei and cytoplasm of all living cells, as in chromatin and ribosomes, and in viruses.

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nu·cle·o·pro·tein

(nū'klē-ō-prō'tēn)

A complex of protein and nucleic acid, the form in which essentially all nucleic acids exist in nature; chromosomes and viruses are largely nucleoprotein.

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nucleoprotein

a complex of nucleic acid and protein, such as DNA complexed with the various types of HISTONE, in the nucleosomes of eukaryote cells.

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nu·cle·o·pro·tein

(nū'klē-ō-prō'tēn)

A complex of protein and nucleic acid, the form in which essentially all nucleic acids exist in nature.

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