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n. - Any of several substances found in the part of cells containing DNA and RNA and responsible for growth and reproduction

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  • To progress to nucleoprotein cells from the ribocyte era, the RNA cell must devise translation.
  • Repetitive DNA sequence elements are also fundamental to the cooperative molecular interactions forming nucleoprotein complexes.
  • And also, Pauling did not think that DNA “had a protein structure” – he thought that genes were encoded in the protein portion of nucleoprotein.
  • In the new study, Japanese researchers found copies of the bornavirus N (for nucleoprotein) gene inserted in at least four separate locations in the human genome.
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