nucleoprotein

English

Etymology

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Proto-Italic *knuks

Latin nux

Latin nucleuslbor.

English nucleus

English nucleo-

English protein

English nucleoprotein

From nucleo- + protein.

Noun

nucleoprotein (countable and uncountable, plural nucleoproteins)

1. (biochemistry) Any complex of a nucleic acid and a protein.
   • 1913 May 25, “COLLOIDAL COPPER'S VALUE IN CANCER CASES CONFIRMED; […]”, in The New York Times‎^[1], New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 23 November 2025:

     Since writing this report, we found that the intravenous injection of nucleoprotein, casein, and probably also other albuminous substances may produce small necroses of liver tissue in the guinea pig.

Derived terms

• antinucleoprotein
• nucleophosphoprotein
• nucleoproteinaceous
• ribonucleoprotein

Translations

Translations

• French: nucléoprotéine (fr) f
• Greek: νουκλεοπρωτεΐνη (el) f (noukleoproteḯni)