nucleoproteinn.
/ˌnjuːklɪə(ʊ)ˈprəʊtiːn/, U.S. /ˈˌn(j)uklioʊˈproʊˌtin/ Biochemistry.
Nucleic acid complexed with protein; a compound of this nature. Also: a protein capable of association with nucleic acid (rare). Cf. earlier nucleoproteid n.In early use, ‘nucleoprotein’ was often distinguished from ‘nuclein’ by the possession of more easily separable protein, or a different type or quantity of protein.
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nucleoproteid1886
nucleic acid1892
nucleoprotein1906
A1953
genophore1961
1906 Science 29 June 980/2 The author drew attention to the desirability of studies of definite compounds of proteins, and described a method of preparing dissociable inorganic salts of glucoproteins and nucleoproteins.
1938 Ann. Reg. 1937 352 Tobacco mosaic virus is a nucleoprotein of special character.
1944 Adv. Protein Chem. 1 258 The simplest and perhaps best available definition of a nucleoprotein would be to designate as such any protein with which nucleic acid is associated.
1959 Times 12 June 15/6 Both genes..and viruses are nucleo-proteins.
1970 Sci. Amer. Feb. 102 The constituents of the chromosomes—deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) and nucleoproteins—do not absorb visible light readily.
1999 N.Y. Rev. Books 8 Apr. 34/2 Kurzweil does not tell us anything at all about what these materials might be, but they clearly will not be flesh and blood, calcium bones and nucleoproteins.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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