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- noun Any of the repeating subunits of chromatin found in eukaryotes, consisting of a DNA chain coiled around a core of histones.
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- noun genetics Any of the
subunits that repeat inchromatin ; acoil ofDNA surrounding ahistone core
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The molecules that compact DNA are called the nucleosome core particles.
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The molecules that compact DNA are called the nucleosome core particles.
PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories 2010
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The molecules that compact DNA are called the nucleosome core particles.
PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories 2010
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[58] The histones form a disk-shaped complex called a nucleosome which has two complete turns of double-stranded DNA wrapped around it.
Citizendium, the Citizens' Compendium - Recent changes [en] 2009
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[58] The histones form a disk-shaped complex called a nucleosome which has two complete turns of double-stranded DNA wrapped around it.
Citizendium, the Citizens' Compendium - Recent changes [en] 2009
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The resulting DNA/Histone complex, called a nucleosome subunit, is repeated tens of millions of times across the human genome to form chromatin, which is further compacted into ordered fibers 250-300 Angstroms in diameter (Refs 1-4).
Uncommon Descent Robert Deyes 2009
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X-ray crystal structure determination of the particle, now known as the nucleosome, showing a histone octamer surrounded by DNA, in near atomic detail (Luger et al.,
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– 'Transposition ciphers' are at work in the nucleosome code
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We investigated the consequences of the nucleosome for transcription.
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We found, to the contrary, that RNA polymerases are capable of reading right through a nucleosome.
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