Definition of Nucleoid

1. Noun. (microbiology) The irregularly-shaped region within a prokaryote cell where the genetic material is localized ¹

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Definition of Nucleoid

1. the DNA-containing area of certain cells [n -S]

Medical Definition of Nucleoid

1. Region of cell in a bacterium that contains the DNA. This entry appears with permission from the Dictionary of Cell and Molecular Biology (11 Mar 2008)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Nucleoid

nucleocosmochronology
nucleocytoplasmic
nucleocytoplasmic transport
nucleofected
nucleofecting
nucleofection
nucleofections
nucleofector
nucleofilaments
nucleofugal
nucleofugality
nucleofuge
nucleofuges
nucleogenic
nucleohistone
nucleoid (current term)
nucleoid region
nucleoidioplasma
nucleoids
nucleolar
nucleolar-nuclear ratio
nucleolar chromosome
nucleolar organiser
nucleolar organizer
nucleolar zone
nucleolated
nucleole
nucleoles
nucleoli
nucleoliform

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