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) (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 ==== ==== Translations ==== === Anagrams === this one, honiest, Hinotes, noiseth, thiones == French == === Pronunciation === === Noun === histone f (plural histones) (biochemistry) histone === Further reading === “histone”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012