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histone

histone

English

Noun

histone ‎(plural histones)

(biochemistry) 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.

Translations

water soluble protein

Esperanto: histono
French: histone (fr)
Italian: istone (it) m
Japanese: ヒストン (ja) ‎(hisuton)

Portuguese: histona
Russian: гисто́н (ru) m ‎(gistón)
Spanish: histona
Swedish: histon (sv)

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French

Noun

histone f ‎(plural histones)

(biochemistry) histone