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| his·tone [ hí stn ] (plural his·tones) |
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protein in cell nuclei: a simple protein bound to DNA, involved in the coiling of chromosomes. There are five types, together constituting about half the mass of chromosomes.
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| [Late 19th century. < German Histon] |
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