Luger
a brand of automatic pistol of 9-millimeter caliber, made in Germany.
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They found that the archaeal nucleosomes are “uncannily similar” in structure to eukaryotic nucleosomes, Luger said — despite the marked differences in their peptide sequences.
DNA’s Histone Spools Hint at How Complex Cells Evolved | Viviane Callier | May 10, 2021 | Quanta MagazineIn a paper in eLife published in March, Luger, her postdoc Samuel Bowerman, and Jeff Wereszczynski of the Illinois Institute of Technology followed up on the 2017 paper.
DNA’s Histone Spools Hint at How Complex Cells Evolved | Viviane Callier | May 10, 2021 | Quanta MagazineArchaeal nucleosomes had already “figured out how to bind and bend DNA in this beautiful arc,” said Luger, now a Howard Hughes Medical Institute investigator at the University of Colorado, Boulder.
DNA’s Histone Spools Hint at How Complex Cells Evolved | Viviane Callier | May 10, 2021 | Quanta MagazineLuger now wishes to look at other strange archaea that live in extreme environments to confirm whether these bendable DNA Slinkies are “a general phenomenon, or whether other solutions have been invented for this DNA packaging problem.”
Archaea microbes fold, twist and contort their DNA in extreme ways | Emiliano Rodríguez Mega | March 11, 2021 | Science NewsHe stepped into the host general's study and saw on his desk a Luger, a souvenir.
There was a quick flash, and Ben was staring into the business end of a Luger automatic, gripped tightly in the broker's hand.
The Onslaught from Rigel | Fletcher PrattBartley was busy, assembling the Luger, and Cheyenne was watching him, when they glanced up simultaneously.
Partners of Chance | Henry Herbert KnibbsAfter the horses were hobbled and the packs arranged, Bartley decided to experiment a little with his new Luger automatic.
Partners of Chance | Henry Herbert Knibbs"That would be a pretty good gun to git hoss-thieves with," asserted the boy, still thinking of the Luger.
Partners of Chance | Henry Herbert KnibbsThey might mean the difference between success and a Luger bullet.
Dave Dawson with the R.A.F | R. Sidney Bowen
British Dictionary definitions for Luger
/ (ˈluːɡə) /
trademark a German 9 mm calibre automatic pistol
Origin of Luger
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