- nucleosome
- noun Date: 1962 any of the repeating globular subunits of chromatin that consist of a complex of DNA and histone • nucleosomal adjective
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Nucleosome — Nucléosome Structure d un nucléosome. On distingue les extrémités N terminales des histones se projetant à l extérieur de la partie globulaire du nucléosome Un nucléosome est un complexe de protéines, octamère d histones, de structure 2x(H2A, H2B … Wikipédia en Français
nucléosome — [ nykleozom ] n. m. • 1975; de nucléo et some ♦ Biol. Structure élémentaire de la chromatine, consistant en environ deux cents paires de bases d A. D. N. et de deux copies de quatre histones différentes. nucléosome [nykleosom; nykleozom] n. m.… … Encyclopédie Universelle
nucleosome — nucleosome. См. нуклеосома. (Источник: «Англо русский толковый словарь генетических терминов». Арефьев В.А., Лисовенко Л.А., Москва: Изд во ВНИРО, 1995 г.) … Молекулярная биология и генетика. Толковый словарь.
nucleosome — [no͞o′klē ō sōm΄, nyo͞o′klē ō sōm΄] n. the basic structural unit of chromatin in eukaryotes, composed of eight histone molecules wrapped by a segment of DNA: nucleosomes occur at intervals along a continuous strand of DNA … English World dictionary
Nucleosome — Nucleosomes are the basic unit of DNA packaging in eukaryotes, consisting of a segment of DNA wound around a histone protein core.[1] This structure is often compared to thread wrapped around a spool.[2] Nucleosomes form the fundamental repeating … Wikipedia
Nucléosome — Le nucléosome est un complexe d’ADN et de protéines qui constitue l’unité de base de la chromatine. Il représente le premier niveau de compaction de l’ADN. En contrôlant l’accessibilité du double brin d’ADN, il est directement impliqué dans la… … Wikipédia en Français
Nucleosome — Structure responsible in part for the compactness of a chromosome. Each nucleosome consists of a sequence of DNA wrapped around a core of histone (a type of protein). * * * A localized aggregation of histone and DNA that is evident when chromatin … Medical dictionary
nucleosome phasing — nucleosome phasing. См. фазирование нуклеосом. (Источник: «Англо русский толковый словарь генетических терминов». Арефьев В.А., Лисовенко Л.А., Москва: Изд во ВНИРО, 1995 г.) … Молекулярная биология и генетика. Толковый словарь.
Nucleosome positioning region database — NPRD Content Description Nucleosome Positioning Region Database. Contact Primary Citation Levitsky al. (2005) … Wikipedia
nucleosome — (nu kle o sōm ) A complex of histones and DNA found in eucaryotic chromatin; the DNA is wrapped around the surface of the beadlike histone complex … Dictionary of microbiology
