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Nucleoid vs Nucleosome - What's the difference?

nucleoid | nucleosome |

As nouns the difference between nucleoid and nucleosome

is that nucleoid is the irregularly-shaped region within a prokaryote cell where the genetic material is localized while nucleosome is any of the subunits that repeat in chromatin; a coil of DNA surrounding a histone core.

nucleoid

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • (microbiology) The irregularly-shaped region within a prokaryote cell where the genetic material is localized
  • Derived terms

    * nucleoidal * nucleoidally

    See also

    * (wikipedia "nucleoid")

    Anagrams

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    nucleosome

    English

    Noun

    (wikipedia nucleosome) (en noun)
  • (genetics) Any of the subunits that repeat in chromatin; a coil of DNA surrounding a histone core
  • Derived terms

    *nucleosomal