Nucleoprotein

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    Any complex of a nucleic acid and a protein. countable, uncountable

    "Since writing this report, we found that the intravenous injection of nucleoprotein, casein, and probably also other albuminous substances may produce small necroses of liver tissue in the guinea pig."

  2. 2
    any of several substances found in the nuclei of all living cells; consists of a protein bound to a nucleic acid wordnet

Synonyms

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amino acidhemoglobinprotein

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"Since writing this report, we found that the intravenous injection of nucleoprotein, casein, and probably also other albuminous substances may produce small necroses of liver tissue in the guinea pig."

Etymology

From nucleo- + protein.

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nucleic acid

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