2. Noun. A chemical compound that is not a histone. ¹
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Definition of Nonhistone
1. [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Nonhistone
Literary usage of Nonhistone
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Tissue Culture: Plants : A Bibliography, January 1991-April 1993. by Henry Gilbert (1994)
"No temporal changes in basic proteins over the 7-d incubation period were observed.
Qualitative differences in total nonhistone chromosomal polypeptides in ..."
2. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1883)
"In our preparations, the E. coli chromosome is ~ 40 A in diameter. This suggests
either that the DNA is combined with some nonhistone proteins in vivo (5) ..."