"histone" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

IPA: /ˈhɪstəʊn/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈhɪstoʊn/ [General-American] Forms: histones [plural]
Etymology: Borrowed from German Histon, perhaps from Ancient Greek ἵστημι (hístēmi, “make stand”) or ἱστός (histós, “loom”). Etymology templates: {{bor|en|de|Histon}} German Histon, {{der|en|grc|ἵστημι||make stand}} Ancient Greek ἵστημι (hístēmi, “make stand”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} histone (plural histones)
  1. (biochemistry) Any of various simple water-soluble proteins that are rich in the basic amino acids lysine and arginine and are complexed with DNA in the nucleosomes of eukaryotic chromatin. Wikipedia link: histone Categories (topical): Biochemistry Derived forms: histone deacetylase Translations (water-soluble protein): histona [feminine] (Catalan), 組蛋白 (Chinese Mandarin), 组蛋白 (zǔdànbái) (Chinese Mandarin), histono (Esperanto), histone (French), Histon (German), istone [masculine] (Italian), ヒストン (hisuton) (Japanese), histona (Portuguese), гисто́н (gistón) [masculine] (Russian), histona (Spanish), histon (Swedish)

Noun [French]

Audio: LL-Q150 (fra)-Lepticed7-histone.wav Forms: histones [plural]
Head templates: {{fr-noun|f}} histone f (plural histones)
  1. (biochemistry) histone Tags: feminine Categories (topical): Biochemistry

Inflected forms

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