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tetrasomes

tetrasomes is the plural of tetrasome.

Meaning of tetrasome

Noun

tetrasome (plural tetrasomes)

  1. A complex of four homologous chromosomes formed during meiosis
    • During chromatin assembly, the (H3-H4) 2 tetramer binds first, forming a tetrasome that likely constitutes an important intermediate during ongoing transcription.2015 October 28, “Comparing the Assembly and Handedness Dynamics of (H3.3-H4) 2 Tetrasomes to Canonical Tetrasomes”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI

Questions about tetrasomes

What is tetrasomes the plural of?
Tetrasomes is the plural of tetrasome.

Words near tetrasomes in the dictionary

  1. tetraskelion
  2. tetraskelions
  3. tetrasodium
  4. tetrasomal
  5. tetrasome
  6. tetrasomes
  7. tetrasomic
  8. tetrasomics
  9. tetrasomies
  10. tetrasomy
  11. tetraspace

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