"nucleosome" meaning in English

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          "word": "oligonucleosome"
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          "word": "polynucleosome"
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          "word": "ribonucleosome"
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          "word": "tetranucleosome"
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        "(genetics) Any of the subunits that repeat in chromatin; a coil of DNA surrounding a core of eight histones."
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          "sense": "repeating subunit in chromatin",
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          "word": "nucléosome"
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