Histone

Language: English
Pronunciation: his-tone
Part of Speech: noun

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Any of various simple water-soluble proteins that are rich in the basic amino acids lysine and arginine and are complexed with DNA in the nucleosomes of eukaryotic chromatin.

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"a simple protein containing mainly basic amino acids; present in cell nuclei in association with nucleic acids"

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