histone
any of a group of five small basic proteins, occurring in the nucleus of eukaryotic cells, that organize DNA strands into nucleosomes by forming molecular complexes around which the DNA winds.
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They showed how the four principal eukaryotic histones were related to each other and to the archaeal histones.
DNA’s Histone Spools Hint at How Complex Cells Evolved | Viviane Callier | May 10, 2021 | Quanta MagazineLast December, he published a paper showing that there are diverse variants of histone proteins with different functions.
DNA’s Histone Spools Hint at How Complex Cells Evolved | Viviane Callier | May 10, 2021 | Quanta MagazineFrom those similarities and differences, researchers are gleaning new insights, not only into how the histones helped to shape the origins of complex life, but also into how variants of histones affect our own health today.
DNA’s Histone Spools Hint at How Complex Cells Evolved | Viviane Callier | May 10, 2021 | Quanta MagazineAt the same time, though, new studies of histones in an unusual group of viruses are complicating the answers about where our histones really came from.
DNA’s Histone Spools Hint at How Complex Cells Evolved | Viviane Callier | May 10, 2021 | Quanta MagazineA lot of these early hypotheses looked at histones in terms of their ability to allow the cell to expand its genome.
DNA’s Histone Spools Hint at How Complex Cells Evolved | Viviane Callier | May 10, 2021 | Quanta Magazine
The histone was so toxic that its anaphylactic properties could not be studied.
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British Dictionary definitions for histone
/ (ˈhɪstəʊn) /
any of a group of basic proteins present in cell nuclei and implicated in the spatial organization of DNA
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Scientific definitions for histone
[ hĭs′tōn′ ]
Any of several proteins that, together with DNA, make up most of the chromatin in a cell nucleus.
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