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Title nucleoprotein
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Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary
nu·cle·o·pro·tein
 \\ˌnü-klē-ō-ˈprō-ˌtēn, ˌnyü-, -ˈprō-tē-ən\\ noun
 ETYMOLOGY  International Scientific Vocabulary
 DATE  1907
: a compound that consists of a protein (as a histone) conjugated with a nucleic acid (as a DNA) and that is the principal constituent of the hereditary material in chromosomes
Webster's Third New International Dictionary, Unabridged
nu·cleo·protein
\“+\ noun
Etymology: International Scientific Vocabulary nucle- + protein
: any of a class of conjugated proteins that are combinations of a protein and a nucleic acid, that occur in all living cells in the nuclei or the cytoplasm, and that constitute either the whole or the essential portion of genes and viruses (as tobacco mosaic virus)

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