Nucleosome

Word NUCLEOSOME
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Definitions and meanings of "Nucleosome"

What do we mean by nucleosome?

Any of the repeating subunits of chromatin found in eukaryotes, consisting of a DNA chain coiled around a core of histones. noun

Any of the subunits that repeat in chromatin; a coil of DNA surrounding a histone core noun

Any of the subunits that repeat in chromatin; a coil of DNA surrounding a core of eight histones

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The word "nucleosome" in example sentences

The molecules that compact DNA are called the nucleosome core particles. ❋ Unknown (2010)

[58] The histones form a disk-shaped complex called a nucleosome which has two complete turns of double-stranded DNA wrapped around it. ❋ Unknown (2009)

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). ❋ Robert Deyes (2009)

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., ❋ Unknown (2007)

– 'Transposition ciphers' are at work in the nucleosome code ❋ Unknown (2007)

We investigated the consequences of the nucleosome for transcription. ❋ Unknown (2007)

We found, to the contrary, that RNA polymerases are capable of reading right through a nucleosome. ❋ Unknown (2007)

Activated RSC-nucleosome complex and persistently altered form of the nucleosome. ❋ Unknown (2007)

Chromatin remodeling by nucleosome disassembly in vitro. ❋ Unknown (2007)

This finding, together with genetic studies of Michael Grunstein and colleagues, identified a regulatory role of the nucleosome in transcription. ❋ Unknown (2007)

I had decided to pursue the function rather than the structure of the nucleosome, and was joined in this by Yahli Lorch, who became my lifelong partner in chromatin research, and also my partner in life. ❋ Unknown (2007)

Crystal structure of the nucleosome core particle at 2.8 A resolution. ❋ Unknown (2007)

At the end of his day in Athens, he gave a packed talk to the department about his research on histone variants, nucleosome inheritance, and epigenetic inheritance. ❋ Unknown (2005)

The combined loop of DNA and protein is called a nucleosome. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Nuclear histones are highly abundant, small, basic proteins that serve to package DNA in the nucleosome, as demonstrated by X-ray crystallography ❋ Alan D. Pemberton Et Al. (2010)

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