nucleosome

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Definition of nucleosome

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noun

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

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