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histones

histones is the plural of histone.

Meaning of histone

Noun

histone (plural histones)

  1. 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.

Questions about histones

What is histones the plural of?
Histones is the plural of histone.

Words near histones in the dictionary

  1. histomorphometry
  2. Histon
  3. histone
  4. histone deacetylase
  5. histone deacetylases
  6. histones
  7. histoneurology
  8. histonomy
  9. histoparaffin
  10. histopath
  11. histopathogenesis

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