adjective
- relating to or being a protein found in chromatin that is not a histone
Usage: biochemistry
noun
- a protein found in chromatin that is not a histone
Usage: biochemistry
Examples
- Nonhistone proteins play important roles in gene regulation.
- The researchers isolated several nonhistone chromatin proteins.
- Nonhistone components of chromatin include various regulatory proteins.
- The study focused on nonhistone protein interactions with DNA.
- Many nonhistone proteins are involved in transcription control.
- Scientists identified a new nonhistone protein in the cell nucleus.