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nucleoprotein

nucleoprotein noun: any complex of a nucleic acid and a protein.

Noun

nucleoprotein (countable and uncountable, plural nucleoproteins)

  1. Any complex of a nucleic acid and a protein.
    • Since writing this report, we found that the intravenous injection of nucleoprotein, casein, and probably also other albuminous substances may produce small necroses of liver tissue in the guinea pig.1913 May 25, “COLLOIDAL COPPER'S VALUE IN CANCER CASES CONFIRMED; […]”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 23 Nov 2025

nucleoprotein meaning in Tamil

nucleoprotein in Tamil

நியூக்கிளியோபுரதம், கருப்புரதம், கருப்புரோத்தீன், நூக்ளியப்புரதம், நியூக்கிளியோப்புரதம், உட்கருப்புரதம்

Forms of nucleoprotein

pluralnucleoproteins

Origin of nucleoprotein

From nucleo- + protein.

Words formed from nucleoprotein

Questions about nucleoprotein

What does nucleoprotein mean?
Nucleoprotein means any complex of a nucleic acid and a protein.
What is nucleoprotein in Tamil?
Nucleoprotein in Tamil is நியூக்கிளியோபுரதம், கருப்புரதம், கருப்புரோத்தீன். See Nucleoprotein meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is nucleoprotein?
Nucleoprotein is a noun.
What is the plural of nucleoprotein?
The plural of nucleoprotein is nucleoproteins.

Words near nucleoprotein in the dictionary

  1. nucleoporin
  2. nucleoporins
  3. nucleoproteic
  4. nucleoproteid
  5. nucleoproteids
  6. nucleoprotein
  7. nucleoproteinaceous
  8. nucleoproteins
  9. nucleoredoxin
  10. nucleorhabdovirus
  11. nucleorhabdoviruses

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