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Definition of Nucleoprotein
1. Noun. Any of several substances found in the nuclei of all living cells; consists of a protein bound to a nucleic acid.
Definition of Nucleoprotein
1. Noun. (biochemistry) Any complex of a nucleic acid and a protein ¹
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Definition of Nucleoprotein
1. [n -S]
Medical Definition of Nucleoprotein
1. A complex of protein and nucleic acid, the form in which essentially all nucleic acids exist in nature; chromosomes and viruses are largely nucleoprotein. (05 Mar 2000)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Nucleoprotein
Literary usage of Nucleoprotein
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. An Intermediate Textbook of Physiological Chemistry with Experiments by Chauncey John Vallette Pettibone (1917)
"The nucleoprotein is precipitated and quickly settles to the bottom. ... Spread the
washed nucleoprotein upon a carefully cleaned spot on a tile, ..."
2. Practical physiological chemistry by Philip Bovier Hawk (1918)
"Retain the precipitate on the filter for nucleoprotein tests. 2. Tests on
nucleoprotein.—Try the following tests on the nucleoprotein prepared as above. ..."
3. Practical physiological chemistry: A Book Designed for Use in Courses in by Philip Bovier Hawk (1916)
"Retain the precipitate on the filter for nucleoprotein tests. 2. Tests on
nucleoprotein.—Try the following tests on the nucleoprotein prepared as above. ..."
4. A Text-book of Physiological Chemistry by Olof Hammarsten, Sven Gustaf Hedin (1914)
"This protein, which contains only about 1 per cent phosphorus and which is possibly
identical with the nucleoprotein found by LILIENFELD in the thymus, ..."
5. Practical organic and bio-chemistry by Robert Henry Aders Plimmer (1920)
"Pancreas a-nucleoprotein is an amorphous powder insoluble in water, ...
£-nucleoprotein of the Pancreas. The minced glands are boiled with water and ..."