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(genetics) Any of the subunits that repeat in chromatin; a coil of DNA surrounding a core of eight histones..
We have termed these particles “nucleosomes,” to evoke their nuclear origin and their resemblance to the “nu” (ν) bodies described by Olins and Olins (1974).
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Nucleosome means (genetics) Any of the subunits that repeat in chromatin; a coil of DNA surrounding a core of eight histones..
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We have termed these particles “nucleosomes,” to evoke their nuclear origin and their resemblance to the “nu” (ν) bodies described by Olins and Olins (1974).
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