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subnucleosomal

subnucleosomal adjective: describing the major subunits of a nucleosome.

Adjective

subnucleosomal (not comparable)

  1. Describing the major subunits of a nucleosome
    • New chemical features of chromatin continue to be discovered, both at the level of histone marks [4 ], DNA modifications [5 ], and subnucleosomal structures [6 ], thus making the complexity of the epigenome ever more apparent.2015 August 7, “Retention of the Native Epigenome in Purified Mammalian Chromatin”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI

Origin of subnucleosomal

From sub- + nucleosomal.

Questions about subnucleosomal

What does subnucleosomal mean?
Subnucleosomal means describing the major subunits of a nucleosome.
What part of speech is subnucleosomal?
Subnucleosomal is an adjective.

Words near subnucleosomal in the dictionary

  1. subnubilar
  2. subnuclear
  3. subnuclei
  4. subnucleolar
  5. subnucleonic
  6. subnucleosomal
  7. subnucleus
  8. subnude
  9. subnumber
  10. subnumbered
  11. subnumbering

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