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Definition of Nucleosomes
1. nucleosome [n] - See also: nucleosome
Medical Definition of Nucleosomes
1. The repeating structural units of chromatin, each consisting of approximately 200 base pairs of DNA wound around a protein core. This core is composed of the histones h2a, h2b, h3, and h4. (12 Dec 1998)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Nucleosomes
Literary usage of Nucleosomes
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Computing Radiation Dosimetry: CRD 2002, Workshop Proceedings, Sacavém by OECD Nuclear Energy Agency, Instituto Tecnologico e Nuclear (2004)
"The nucleosomes are packed together forming the chromosome fibre, which has a
diameter of about 30 nm. For details on the geometrical structure of DNA and ..."
2. National Accounts of OECD Countries: V.2 by OECD Staff, SourceOECD (Online service) (2004)
"... sizes of a chromosome fibre, which itself represents a highly structured target
of DNA wound around so-called nucleosomes, about 9 nm in diameter. ..."
3. Information Resources for Reptiles, Amphibians, Fish, and Cephalopods Used by D'Anna J. Berry (1994)
"NAL call number: 381 B522 Descriptors: gene, DNA replication, nucleosomes.
134 Xenopus laevis in developmental and molecular biology. Dawid, IB and Sargent, ..."
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