nucleosome

Meaning

Noun

Any of the subunits that repeat in chromatin; a coil of DNA surrounding a core of eight histones.

Origin

From nucleo- + -some, and to evoke the older name nu body. Coined by P. Oudet et al. in 1975 (see quotation below).

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