| nucleoplasm | <cell biology> By analogy with cytoplasm, that part of the nuclear contents other than the nucleolus. (18 Nov 1997) |
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| nucleoplasmic | <biology> Of or pertaining to nucleoplasm; especially. Applied to a body formed in the developing ovum from the plasma of the nucleus of the germinal vesicle. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| nucleoplasmic index | The quotient of the nuclear volume divided by the cytoplasmic volume. (05 Mar 2000) |
| nucleoplasmin | <protein> First protein to be described as a molecular chaperone, major function seems to be in assembly of nucleosomes. (18 Nov 1997) |
| nucleopolyhedrovirus | A genus of the family baculoviridae, subfamily eubaculovirinae, characterised by the formation of crystalline, polyhedral occlusion bodies in the host cell nucleus. The type species is autographa californica nucleopolyhedrovirus. (12 Dec 1998) |
| Nucleopore filter | Filter of defined pore size made by etching a polycarbonate filter that has been bombarded by neutrons, the extent of etching determining the pore size. Very thin, with neat circular holes going right through the membrane, not a complex meshwork like micropore filters. (18 Nov 1997) |
| nucleoprotein | A complex of protein and nucleic acid, the form in which essentially all nucleic acids exist in nature; chromosomes and viruses are largely nucleoprotein. (05 Mar 2000) |
| nucleoproteins | Structures containing both nucleic acid and protein. Examples are chromatin, ribosomes, certain virus particles. (18 Nov 1997) |
| nucleoreticulum | The intranuclear network of chromatin or linin. Origin: nucleo-+ L. Reticulum, dim. Of rete, net (05 Mar 2000) |
| nucleorrhexis | Fragmentation of a cell nucleus. Origin: nucleo-+ G. Rhexis, rupture (05 Mar 2000) |
| nucleosidase | <enzyme> Catalyses hydrolysis of n-ribosyl-purine into a purine and d-ribose Registry number: EC 3.2.2.1 Synonym: purine nucleoside hydrolase, guanosine hydrolase (26 Jun 1999) |
| nucleosidases | <enzyme> Registry number: EC 3.2.2. (12 Dec 1998) |
| nucleoside | <biochemistry> Purine or pyrimidine base linked glycosidically to ribose or deoxyribose, but lacking the phosphate residues that would make it a nucleotide. Ribonucleosides are adenosine, guanosine, cytidine and uridine. Deoxyribosides are deoxyadenosine, deoxyguanosine, deoxycytidine and deoxythymidine (the latter is almost universally referred to as thymidine). (18 Nov 1997) |
| nucleoside analogue | A synthetic molecule that resembles a naturally occuring nucleoside, but that lacks a bond site needed to link it to an adjacent nucleotide. (09 Oct 1997) |
| nucleoside bisphosphate | A nucleoside that carries two independent (i.e., not linked to each other) phosphoric residues. Compare: nucleoside diphosphate. (05 Mar 2000) |