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NUCLEIN [1 record]

Record 1 2012-01-10

English

Subject field(s)
  • Molecular Biology
DEF

The crude nucleic acid-containing preparation first obtained by Friedrich Miescher in 1869 and identified as a common constituent of the nuclei in pus cells and other tissue cells and yeast.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Biologie moléculaire
DEF

Fraction nucléoprotéinique qui avait été obtenue (Miescher, 1869) à partir de noyaux de cellules de pus ou de spermatozoïdes après dégradation d'autres constituants par la pepsine.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Biología molecular
CONT

El ADN fue aislado por vez primera en 1869 por el médico suizo Friedrich Miescher, que descubrió los nucleótidos, por lo que lo llamó nucleína, debido a que lo había extraído a partir de núcleos celulares.

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