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nucleins

nucleins is the plural of nuclein.

Meaning of nuclein

Noun

nuclein (countable and uncountable, plural nucleins)

  1. A phosphorus-rich protein found in the nucleus of a cell, later specifically nucleohistone or nucleoprotamine; also, any similar compound present in the cell nucleus.
    • While delving microscopically through the pus in surgical bandages, Miescher found a substance he didn't recognize and called it nuclein (because it resided in the nuclei of cells).2003, Bill Bryson, A Short History of Nearly Everything, BCA, published 2003, page 354

Questions about nucleins

What is nucleins the plural of?
Nucleins is the plural of nuclein.

Words near nucleins in the dictionary

  1. nucleide
  2. nucleides
  3. nucleiform
  4. nucleii
  5. nuclein
  6. nucleins
  7. nucleo-
  8. nucleo-capsular
  9. nucleoalbumin
  10. nucleoalbumins
  11. nucleoalbuminuria

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