histone

English

Etymology

Borrowed from German Histon, perhaps from Ancient Greek ἵστημι (hístēmi, “make stand”) or ἱστός (histós, “loom”).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈhɪstəʊn/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈhɪstoʊn/

Noun

histone (plural histones)

1. (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.

Derived terms

• histone deacetylase

Translations

water-soluble protein

• Catalan: histona f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 組蛋白／组蛋白 (zǔdànbái)

• Esperanto: histono
• French: histone (fr)
• German: Histon
• Italian: istone (it) m
• Japanese: ヒストン (ja) (hisuton)
• Portuguese: histona
• Russian: гисто́н (ru) m (gistón)
• Spanish: histona
• Swedish: histon (sv)

Anagrams

• this one, honiest, Hinotes, noiseth, thiones

French

Pronunciation

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Noun

histone f (plural histones)

1. (biochemistry) histone

Further reading

• “histone”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.