Definitions For Nucleosome

Noun

NUCLEOSOME (plural NUCLEOSOMEs) (genetics) Any of the subunits that repeat in chromatin; a coil of dna surrounding a core of eight histones

Derived terms

{{der3, en, dinucleosome, hemisome, internucleosome, intranucleosome, mononucleosome, nucleosomal, oligonucleosome, polynucleosome, ribonucleosome, tetranucleosome, trinucleosome, NCP}}

Translations

French: nucléosome, m German: Nukleosom, n Italian: nucleosoma, m Korean: 뉴클레오솜 Spanish: nucleosoma, m Swedish: nukleosom

Etymology

From {{confix, en, nucleo, some}}, and to evoke the older name nu body. Coined by P. Oudet et al. in 1975 (see quotation below).