NUCLEOPROTEIN

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does nucleoprotein mean? 

• NUCLEOPROTEIN (noun)
  The noun NUCLEOPROTEIN has 1 sense:

1. any of several substances found in the nuclei of all living cells; consists of a protein bound to a nucleic acid

  Familiarity information: NUCLEOPROTEIN used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• NUCLEOPROTEIN (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Any of several substances found in the nuclei of all living cells; consists of a protein bound to a nucleic acid

Classified under:

Nouns denoting substances

Hypernyms ("nucleoprotein" is a kind of...):

protein (any of a large group of nitrogenous organic compounds that are essential constituents of living cells; consist of polymers of amino acids; essential in the diet of animals for growth and for repair of tissues; can be obtained from meat and eggs and milk and legumes)

 Context examples 

Nucleoprotein TPR (2363 aa, ~267 kDa) is encoded by the human TPR gene.

(Nucleoprotein TPR, NCI Thesaurus)

Family of phosphorylated nonhistone nucleoproteins involved in mitosis; do not confuse with LAMININ, which is an extracellular matrix glycoprotein.

(Lamin, NIH CRISP Thesaurus)

The HMG-Box Family proteins are relatively abundant vertebrate DNA-binding and bending proteins that bind with structure specificity, rather than sequence specificity, and plays an architectural role in the assembly of nucleoprotein complexes.

(HMGB Family Protein, NCI Thesaurus)

Human HMGB Family Genes encode abundant DNA-binding and bending HMG-Box Family proteins (with structure, rather than sequence, specificity) that play an architectural role in nucleoprotein assembly.

(HMGB Family Gene, NCI Thesaurus)