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nucleoproteins

nucleoproteins is the plural of nucleoprotein.

Meaning of nucleoprotein

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

Questions about nucleoproteins

What is nucleoproteins the plural of?
Nucleoproteins is the plural of nucleoprotein.

Words near nucleoproteins in the dictionary

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

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