nucleosome

名词 n.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. Any of the subunits that repeat in chromatin; a coil of DNA surrounding a core of eight histones.
    — We have termed these particles “nucleosomes,” to evoke their nuclear origin and their resemblance to the “nu” (ν) bodies described by Olins and Olins (1974).

词形变化

nucleosomes plural

词源

From nucleo- + -some, and to evoke the older name nu body. Coined by P. Oudet et al. in 1975 (see quotation below).
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