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hexosome

hexosome is the alternative form of hexasome.

Meaning of hexasome

Noun

hexasome (plural hexasomes)

  1. Any one of six homologous chromosomes in an aneuploid complement.
    • FACT enables the displacement of the histone H2A/H2B dimer from the nucleosome octamer, leaving a “hexasome” on the DNA.2003, Jesper Q. Svejstrup, “Histones Face the FACT” in Science (New Series) CCCI, № 5,636 (22nd August 2003), page 1,053

Forms of hexosome

pluralhexosomes

Questions about hexosome

What is hexosome the alternative form of?
Hexosome is the alternative form of hexasome.

Words near hexosome in the dictionary

  1. hexosans
  2. hexose
  3. hexoses
  4. hexoside
  5. hexosides
  6. hexosome
  7. hexosomes
  8. hexosyl
  9. hexosylation
  10. hexosylations
  11. hexosylceramide

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