Author: Glossary

An enzyme (nucleophosphatase) that splits phosphoric acid from nucleotides, leaving a nucleoside. An enzyme that facilitates the breakdown of a nucleotide into a nucleoside and orthophosphate.  

A spindle-shaped body occurring in karyokinesis.  

An enzyme that catalyzes the hydrolysis of nucleosides.  

Any mesh framework in a nucleus.  

Seeking or moving toward the nucleus.  

Any of the particles that collectively make up the nucleus of an atom.  

A granule of the chromatin of a cell nucleus.  

A fine network in the nucleolus of a cell.  

A substance composed of nuclein and histone, found in sperm of various animals.  

Directed or moving away from a nucleus.