Associations to the word «Histone»

Wiktionary

HISTONE, noun. (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.
HISTONE DEACETYLASE, noun. (enzyme) Any of a class of enzymes that remove acetyl groups from lysine amino acids in proteins, especially the histone proteins of the nucleus

Dictionary definition

HISTONE, noun. A simple protein containing mainly basic amino acids; present in cell nuclei in association with nucleic acids.

Wise words

The most important things are the hardest things to say. They are the things you get ashamed of because words diminish your feelings - words shrink things that seem timeless when they are in your head to no more than living size when they are brought out.
Stephen King