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Definition of Nucleosome

1. [n -S]

Medical Definition of Nucleosome

1. Repeating units of organisation of chromatin fibres in chromosomes, consisting of around 200 base pairs and two molecules each of the histones H2A, H2B, H3 and H4. most of the DNA (around 140 base pairs) is believed to be wound around a core formed by the histones, the remainder joins adjacent nucleosomes, thus forming a structure reminiscent of a string of beads. Origin: Gr. Soma = body This entry appears with permission from the Dictionary of Cell and Molecular Biology (11 Mar 2008)

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Literary usage of Nucleosome

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1. Computing Radiation Dosimetry: CRD 2002, Workshop Proceedings, Sacavém by OECD Nuclear Energy Agency, Instituto Tecnologico e Nuclear (2004)
"Here, the DNA is wrapped around a nucleosome core (about 7 nm in diameter ... Schematic view of the structure of the chromosome fibre 11 nm nucleosome 2 nm ..."

2. National Accounts of OECD Countries: V.2 by OECD Staff, SourceOECD (Online service) (2004)
"Here, the DNA is wrapped around a nucleosome core (about 7 nm in diameter ... Schematic view of the structure of the chromosome fibre 11 nm nucleosome 2 nm ..."

3. Gene Expression in Field Crops: Bibliography January 1991-November 1992 edited by Janet Saunders, Robert D. Warmbrodt (1995)
"... of the amino acids considered as being important in the structure of the nucleosome are conserved between this protein and its animal counterparts. ..."

4. A Festschrift for Herman Rubin by Anirban DasGupta, Herman Rubin (2004)
"Particular markers (in the language of DNA, eg, specific restriction sites, nucleosome placements, locations of genes) are distributed over the genome along ..."

5. A Bibliography on Computational Molecular Biology and Geneticsby Sarah Barron, Matthew Witten, Gongxian Liu by Sarah Barron, Matthew Witten, Gongxian Liu (1992)
"... in a regulatory nucleosome is determined by base sequence. An algorithm to model the preferred superhelix. N*cl. Acid» Ret. 18(23) (1990), 6981-6987. ..."

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