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nucleosome definition

nucleo·some (no̵̅o̅′klē ō sōm′, nyo̵̅o̅′-)

noun

the basic structural unit of chromatin in eukaryotes, composed of eight histone molecules wrapped by a segment of DNA: nucleosomes occur at intervals along a continuous strand of DNA

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