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nucleoprotein definition

nu·cleo·pro·tein (no̵̅o̅′klē ō prō′tēn, nyo̵̅o̅′-; -prōt′ē in)

noun

any of a class of compound proteins consisting of nucleic acid linked to protein, found in the nuclei and surrounding cytoplasm of living cells

Etymology: nucleo- + protein

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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