nucleoprotein

Noun

Meaning

any of several substances found in the nuclei of all living cells; consists of a protein bound to a nucleic acid

Source: WordNet

Synonyms

protein hemoglobin haemoglobin amino acid nuclear protein

Hypernyms

protein

Phrases with the word

deoxyribose nucleoprotein

Examples

In the cytoplasm, ribosomal RNA and protein combine to form a nucleoprotein called a ribosome. Source: Internet

Proteins involved in viral replication are the nucleoprotein, phosphoprotein, and polymerase protein while the genomic RNA forms the ribonucleocapsid. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

nucleoporin nucleoproteic nucleoproteid nucleoproteinaceous nucleoredoxin nucleorhabdovirus