nucleosome

Etymology
From, and to evoke the older name. Coined by P. Oudet et al. in 1975 (see quotation below).

Noun

 * 1)  Any of the subunits that repeat in chromatin; a coil of DNA surrounding a core of eight histones.

Translations

 * French:
 * German: Nukleosom
 * Italian:
 * Korean: 뉴클레오솜
 * Spanish: nucleosoma
 * Swedish: