Histones

noun

Word Frequency: 0.4

Definitions

1.nounAny 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.

Synonyms

acetylated linker nucleosomal histiocyte histogenetic chromatin histogenesis nucleosome histochemical histidine histochemistry nucleoli

Rhymes With

exercise tones

🔗 Find words with "histones" in A2Z Word Finder

The Daily Word NerdA new word, a puzzle, and a fun fact — free in your inbox every morning.

Free forever · unsubscribe anytime · all 14 newsletters

That email did not go through — please check it and try again.